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Vocab
A Changing World
Columbus
Exploration
Other
100
A period of intellectual and artistic creativity in Europe
the Renaissance
100
The use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes.
technology
100
The exchange of plants, animals and diseases between Europe and America.
the Columbian Exchange
100
Exploration started becoming popular because of the stories of who?
Marco Polo
100
A faster ship developed by the Portuguese.
caravel
200
The line that divided land ownership between Spain and Portugal.
the Line of Demarcation
200
Why was the invention of the printing press particularly important?
it spread the stories of Marco Polo
200
Name the 3 ships Columbus took on his first voyage.
Nina, Pinta and the Santa Maria
200
The first two counties to establish colonies in the Americas.
Spain and Portugal
200
The leader of Portugal credited with starting exploration.
Henry the Navigator
300
A theory that a nation's power is based on its wealth.
mercantilism
300
Name two of the technological advances made during the Renaissance.
printing press, better maps, astrolabe, compass, caravel
300
Name two things that Columbus gets credit for, but didn't actually do.
discovering the world was round, discovering America
300
The first person to circumnavigate the earth.
Ferdinand Magellan
300
An agreement between Spain and Portugal to move the line of demarcation further west.
the Treaty of Tordesillas
400
A large estate run by the owner and farmed by workers living on it.
plantation
400
Name two trade items from Asia that Europeans really liked.
cinnamon, pepper, cloves, perfumes, silks, precious stones
400
On his first voyage, where did Columbus land?
the Caribbean Islands
400
European countries searched for this in the Americas, but it didn't exist.
the Northwest Passage
400
Who was the first person (other than Native Americans) to touch American soil?
Leif Erikson
500
Spanish explorers who were granted the right to establish settlements in the Americas.
conquistadors
500
What was the purpose of finding a sea route to Asia?
to cut out the "middle man"
500
How many times did Columbus travel to America from Spain?
4
500
Why was Portugal the first country to begin exploring the world?
They didn't have a port on the Mediterranean, so they had to find another way to Asia.
500
The first European to explore the western coast of Africa:
Bartholomeu Dias