Crusades & Renaissance
What was one unexpected result of the Crusades?
Europeans were able to buy silks and spices from Arab merchants.
What country did Christopher Columbus sail for?
Spain
Why did Sor Juana become a nun?
Being a nun allowed her time to concentrate on her writing.
A German priest named ______ questioned the authority of the Catholic Church.
Martin Luther
An instrument that allowed sailors to use stars for navigation was the ______.
astrolabe
Which of the following is true of the Renaissance?
It was a period of intellectual and artistic creativity.
Because Portuguese sailors rounded the southern tip of Africa, ______.
they found a sea route to Asia
What happened to the Aztec and Inca Empires?
Spanish explorers conquered them and shipped their gold back to Spain.
While attempting to find the Northwest Passage, explorers also discovered _____.
the St. Lawrence River, the Hudson River, and Newfoundland
How did trade affect the African kingdoms?
It brought wealth, as well as Islamic ideas, to Africa.
Spain and Portugal were searching for ______.
a sea route to Asia
The Cape of Good Hope is located in ______.
Africa
The Spanish defeated the Aztec and Inca because of ______.
introducing guns and cannons, insuring fear in the Aztec and the Inca, and infectious diseases spread to the Aztec and the Inca
A new form of Christianity that developed in Europe was ______.
Protestantism
During the rule of Mansa Musa, great ______ were built in Timbuktu.
mosques
The magnetic compass allowed sailors to ______.
tell which direction was north
Who was the first European to sail around Africa to reach India?
Bartolomeu Dias
______ was the first permanent European settlement in what is now the United States.
St. Augustine
Because Britain defeated the Spanish Armada, ______
the British could start colonies in North America, the Spanish no longer controlled the seas, Spain did not overthrow Protestantism in Britain
To reach North Africa, trade caravans from West Africa had to cross the ______.
Sahara
Caravels were the ships used ______.
for long ocean voyages
What is the line of demarcation?
An imaginary line that divided control of new lands between Spain and Portugal.
According to legend, Ponce de Leon searched for ______.
the "fountain of youth"
What happened to Henry Hudson when he did not find the Northwest Passage?
His crew rebelled against him.
The Dutch gave the Manhattoes Indians ______.
trade goods worth about $24 for Manhattan Island