Vocabulary
A sickness
A scurvy
Who was the first European to land in the Americas?
Leif Eriksson
Why did it take Europeans 274 years to finally want to travel to unknown lands?
A. They didn't have maps C. Their ships were slow
B. They thought there were D. All of the Above
sea monsters
D. All of the Above
What are three examples in advances in technology during this time?
_______, __________, _________
Better (faster) ships
maps
compasses
The Viking settlement of Vinland is located in present day:
A. Iceland C. Greenland
B. United States D. Canada
D. Canada
The study of how to plan and control the course of a ship
navigation
Who landed in Americas in 1492 but thought he was in the Indies?
Christopher Columbus
Europeans were eager to trade with Asia because the
wanted:
A. silk, spices, and gold C. clocks, mirrors, beads
B. wood, sea shells, and D. cod, vegetables, fruit
silver
A. silk, spices, and gold.
Which explorer was unfortunate because no one knew his fate?
A. Christopher Columbus
B. Amerigo Vespucci
C. John Cabot
C. John Cabot
Managing goods and services for financial reasons is called:
economical
an adventure story told about brave deeds
sage
Who found present day Rio de Janeiro?
Amerigo Vespucci
Trade stopped between Europe and Asia when the Turks captured what major city?
A. Rome C. Constantinople
B. Damascus D. Roanoke
C. Constantinople
Why did Columbus' men threaten mutiny?
A. Because they did not think he had a good plan
B. Because they became greedy
C. Many died because of disease.
A . Because they did not think he had a good plan
An age of thought, learning, art and science
Renaissance
Kings or Queens
monarch
What did John Cabot find?
A. fur C. cod fishing grounds
B. sea monsters D. Asia
C. Cod fishing grounds
Why did John Cabot want to explore?
A. to find the northwest passage
B. to find oceans
C. to find America
D. to find natives
A. to find the northwest passage
Which explorer died thinking he had discovered a new route to Asia, not knowing his great new discovery?
A. John Cabot
B. Amerigo Vespucci
C. Christopher Columbus
C. Christopher Columbus
Where did Columbus first land?
A. South Carolina C. Spain
B. Greenland D. Bahamas
D. Bahamas
map maker
cartographer
Who was John Cabot compared to ?
A. Leif Eriksson C.Christopher Columbus
B. Ferdinand Magellan D. Marco Polo
B. Christopher Columbus
After his travels, how did Vespucci encourage more
exploration?
A. He funded ships to explore the unknown
B. He recruited and trained other navigators
C. He wasn't able to encourage others because he died.
B. He recruited and trained other navigators
Why did the Vikings abandon Vinland (present day Canada)
A. The natives attacked them
B. Found better trade with Europe
C. both A and B
C. both A and B
political