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What was the reason behind the European traders inability to travel east by land?
The Ottoman Empire invading the Byzantine Empire, and taking control of Constantinople.
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What was Portugal’s purpose in the Indian Ocean?
To gain a monopoly of the spice trade
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How did European traders generally collect African slaves?
a. Going into villages and kidnapping them
b. Trading with African Kingdoms
b. Trading with African Kingdoms
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True or False: The impact the Columbian Exchange had between the two hemispheres can be viewed as both positive and negative.
True
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One main reason for European exploration was to -
A. discover new animals
B. conquer Africa
C. spread Christianity
C. spread Christianity
200
Vasco Da Gama was successful in finding a Western sea route to what area?
a. Asia
b. Canada
c. Caribbean Isles
a. Asia
200
Who is credited with developing the heliocentric theory?
Nicolaus Copernicus
200
Sir Issac Newton’s law states that every object in the universe is attracted to every other object by a force called ____________________.
gravity
200
The Spanish system whereby Native Americans became enslaved laborers was?
a.Sistema de Labor
b.Inquisitionist System
c.encomienda system
d.Spanish never enslaved the Native Americans
encomienda system
200
What was the Columbian Exchange?
a. An agreement between Columbia and Africa to exchange spices for slaves
b.An exchange of goods from the New World to the Old World
c.A financial crisis in Latin America that began in Columbia
d.A military coup attempting to dethrone the Columbian prince
b.An exchange of goods from the New World to the Old World
300
Which explorer conquered the Incas in 1532?
a. Francisco Pizarro
b. Ferdinand Magellan
c. Hernando Cortes
d. Dona Marina
a. Francisco Pizarro
300
Was Henry the Navigator actually an explorer?
No, Henry was neither a sailor nor a navigator.
300
Columbus studied the ancient maps of _______________________.
Herodotus
Ptolemy
Aristotle
Ptolemy
300
___________________________was tasked by Queen Elizabeth I in 1577 to sail to various Spanish ports in South America to steal some of their imports, such as silver and gold.
Sir Francis Drake
300
What does circumnavigation mean?
complete navigation around an entire island, continent, or astronomical body (e.g. a planet or moon)
400
In what country did the magnetic compass originate?
India
Portugal
Spain
China
China
400
What caused the destruction of an estimated 90% of the Native American population?
a. A Spanish massacre
b.Genocide
c.Disease
d.Lack of medical knowledge
c.Disease
400
European ships carried manufactured goods, such as ___________________to Africa, where they were traded for a cargo of slaves
guns and cloth
400
__________________Theory: Earth is an immovable object at the center of the universe.
Geocentric
400
After Jacques Cartier’s voyages to claim Canada for the French, France began expanding their territory in the New World. ______________ builds the first permanent settlement in Quebec, Canada.
Samuel de Champlain
500
The journey from Africa to the Americas became known as the_________________, the middle portion of the triangular trade route.
Middle Passage
500
The invention of new instruments, such as the ______________and ___________________________, made new scientific discoveries possible.
telescope and microscope
500
______________________ was the first European to make regular observations of the heavens with a telescope. He discovered mountains on the Moon, four moons revolving around Jupiter, and sunspots
Galileo Galilei
500
China and Japan sought to ________________ the influence and activities of European merchants.
limit
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___________________________ was the first permanent English colony in North America, following the failure of the ________________ colony, founded by Sir Walter Raleigh.
Jamestown
Roanoke
600
The logo below represents which country’s trading company?
The Netherlands (Dutch East India Company)
600
Descartes has been called the father of modern _________________. This system of thought is based on the belief that ________________ is the chief source of knowledge
rationalism
reason
600
Who did Spain send on a voyage to claim land on the crown’s behalf in 1492?
A. Christopher Columbus
B. Marco Polo
C. John Cabot
D. Vasco da Gama
A. Christopher Columbus
600
The astrolabe helped explorers measure __________________________.
Longitude
Latitude
Latitude
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Following what he thought was da Gama's path, ______________headed for India. The fleet was blown off course, however, and sighted _______________ and claimed it for the Portuguese crown.
Pedro Cabral
Brazil
700
What were three tools that helped 15th and 16th century explorers in their efforts to reach new lands?
Lateen sails, Astrolabe, and Magnetic compass
700
The Treaty of Tordesillas gave Portugal control over lands _________________ of the Line of Demarcation and gave Spain control over lands ____________________ of the line.
east
west
700
John Cabot was an Italian explorer sent by England to…?
a.Gather slaves
b.Collect new spices
c.Look for a route to Asia
d.Persecute nearby Muslims
Look for a route to Asia
700
The logo below represents the which country’s trading company
England
The East India Company
700
_____________________ was instrumental in the very first circumnavigation of Earth.
Ferdinand Magellan
800
North and South America were named after…?
a.Christopher Columbus
b.John Cabot
c.Amerigo Vespucci
d.King Ferdinand of Spain
c.Amerigo Vespucci
800
__________________ developed the Scientific method, and believed ideas should be based on what you can _____________ and ____________________.
Sir Francis Bacon
see and test
800
True or False: William Harvey showed that the brain was the beginning point for the circulation of blood in the body.
False
800
How did Johannes Kepler differ from Copernicus?
He also discovered that the orbits of the planets around the Sun were not circular, as Copernicus had thought. Instead, the orbits were elliptical (egg-shaped)
800
Which explorer conquered the Aztecs in 1519?
a.Hernando Cortes
b.Juan Ponce de Leon
c.Hernando de Soto
d.Amerigo Vespucci
a.Hernando Cortes
900
Who named and claimed Canada for France?
a.Samuel de Champlain
b.Jacques Cartier
c.Joseph Nicollet
d.Christopher Columbus
b.Jacques Cartier
900
Columbus made landfall on what present day Caribbean island?
Bahamas
900
Was known as the "tongue" of Cortes?
Malinche aka Dona Marina
900
Mestizo =
European + Native American
900
Mulatto=
European + African
1000
List 4 crops/animals that traveled from the “New World” to the “Old World”.
Beans Peanuts Pineapples
Chocolate Potatoes Pumpkins Squash
Corn Sweet Potatoes Tobacco Tomatoes
Turkeys, Llamas, Vanilla
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List the 5 European nations that entered into the Age of Exploration in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
Portugal
Spain
England
The Netherlands
France
1000
Prince Henry the Navigator is credited with __________________________________
_________________
furthering knowledge of geography, mapmaking and navigation, he employed cartographers, shipbuilders and instrument makers
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List 4 crops/animals that traveled to the “New World from the “Old World”
Bananas, cattle, chickens, horses,
Citrus fruits, coffee beans, grapes, onions
Peaches, Pigs, rice, sugarcane, wheat, sheep,
olives, honey
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List the Latin American class system in order of rights held.
Peninsulares
Creoles
Mestizo
Mulatto
Native American
African