Vocabulary
100 Points: An open rebellion against the proper authorities, especially by soldiers or sailors against their officers.
Answer: What is mutiny?
A feature common to the goals above is that they were all:
direct causes of the Renaissance in Europe
indirect results of increased trade during the Middle Ages
motives for European exploration and expansion
reasons for the development of humanism and the Renaissance worldview
motives for European exploration and expansion
Why were spices so expensive during the Renaissance?
The spices were very difficult to manufacture and needed to be aged for 3 months before they could be sold
The spices were expensive because they could only be produced in small batches and were sold by the ounce
Superstore did not have a bulk section yet
The spices had to travel a very long distance and were exchanged by many middlemen who all took profit from the exchange.
The spices had to travel a very long distance and were exchanged by many middlemen who all took profit from the exchange.
100 Points: The science of determining the course, position, and distance traveled by a ship.
Answer: What is navigation?
100 Points: How old am I?
Answer: What is [insert your age]?
200 Points: The ability to do something, often through money, time, skills, and desire.
Answer: What are means?
Which of the following developments was the most useful in assisting those in power to accomplish the goals listed in the organizer above?
The invention of the printing press.
The invention of new forms of navigational equipment.
The spread of literacy and the discovery of new art forms.
The increase in volume of trade among European cities.
The invention of new forms of navigational equipment.
The "expansionist" worldview that developed in Europe during the Renaissance encouraged growth, expansion and exploration. This new outlook was the result of which of the following?
Changing economic conditions- as trade, commerce, manufacturing and the need for gold grew.
Changing social conditions- as increased urbanization led to overcrowding and countries needed more territory to support their growing populations.
Changing religious conditions- as the effects of the Protestant Reformation led to a more powerful Roman Catholic Church in Europe.
Changing political conditions- as conflict between European nations led to the collapse of established trade routes and the need to secure new routes, and new military allies, outside of Europe.
Changing political conditions- as conflict between European nations led to the collapse of established trade routes and the need to secure new routes, and new military allies, outside of Europe.
200 Points: The actions and attitudes of a state or country whose goal is to increase territory and power.
Answer: What is expansionism?
200 Points: What university did I attend?
Answer: What is [insert your university]?
300 Points: A manuscript written by the ancient geographer and astronomer Ptolemy.
Answer: What is Geographia?
Which of the following countries financed Christopher Columbus’s voyages across the Atlantic?
England
France
Portugal
Spain
Spain
How many voyages did Christopher Columbus make across the Atlantic Ocean?
3
4
6
we do not know
3
300 Points: The extension of power over a territory as well as the resources and people found within that territory.
Answer: What is imperialism?
300 Points: What other classes do I teach besides Social Studies?
Answer: What are [insert other classes you teach]?
400 Points: To go completely around, especially by water.
Answer: What is circumnavigate?
Christopher Columbus’s goal was to find a route to ___________________ but instead discovered__________________________.
Asia, South Asia
Asia, North America
North America, Japan
South America, India
Asia, North America
400 Points: Which Renaissance invention made books, maps, and navigational charts widely available, aiding exploration?
Answer: What is the printing press?
400 Points: Changing economic conditions, including the need for gold, led to growth, expansion, and exploration during this era.
Answer: What is the Renaissance?
400 Points: Name one other school I have taught at besides St. John XXIII.
Answer: What is [insert other school(s) you’ve taught at]?
500 Points: Ethnic groups who are native to a particular place on Earth.
Answer: What is indigenous?
Who was the first one to circumnavigate around the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Giovanni Caboto
Jacques Cartier
Ferdinand Magellan
500 Points: Which European country was the first to dominate early global trade routes during the Age of Exploration?
Answer: What is Portugal?
500 Points: This invention was most useful in assisting explorers to achieve their goals.
Answer: What is new navigational equipment?
500 Points: How tall am I? (If you guess too low, you lose a lot of points!)
Answer: What is [insert your height]?