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100
What 2 people sailed around Africa?
Bartholomeu Dias and Vasco da Gama
100
Explain John Cabot major accomplishment.
Landing on Newfoundland
100
Analyze the effect that mercantilism had on the economics among the countries in Europe.
Mercantilism caused countries to compete for buyers for more wealth.
100
Name the Pathway that England, France, and the Netherlands hoped to discover.
Northwest Passage
100
Identify the person who discovered a long awaited sea route to Asia.
Vasco da Gama
200
Identify the author of the book Travels.
Marco Polo
200
Describe Henry Hudson's major accomplishment.
Discovering the Hudson River
200
What were the effects of the Spanish conquistadors on the Native American people?
The effects of the Spanish conquistadors on the Native American people were they became slaves and died from malnutrition and disease. The Native Americans became slaves as a result of encomienda. Because of the hard labor they then became under nourished.They also died from the malnutrition or disease.This made a huge change in their society.
200
Restate the name of the person whose voyage was used by England as a basis for it's claims on America.
John Cabot
200
List the two countries that agreed to divide ownership of the entire unexplored world.
Portugal and Spain
300
Recall the first person to circumnavigate the world.
Ferdinand Magellan
300
Locate the things that traveled from America to Europe.
Crops, Food, Disease
300
Analyze the effect that the taxing of the Native Americans by the Spanish led to for the living conditions for the native Americans.
The system turned them into slaves.
300
Name the treaty that recorded the agreement of the two countries that split the land.
Treaty of Tordesillas
400
Name the person that landed on the east coast of present day Mexico and conquered the Aztec.
Hernan Cortes
400
Locate things which traveled between Europe and the Americas.
Colonists, Animals, Plants, and Disease
400
How did the need for new trade routes lead to the discovery of the America's?
The need for new trade routes lead to the discovery of the America's by accident. Columbus wanted to get to India and thought that there was no land in between so he thought it would be a quick trip. He went to the Queen of Spain and asked for funds, she said yes as long as he claimed any land you find for Spain and preach Christianity to the people. Then he set out for his voyage when he reached what he thought was India when it was actually the America's.
400
Define ecomieda.
The right to demand taxes or labor from Native Americans living on the lands.
400
Identify the country that Columbus made four voyages to the Americas claiming land for as far south as northern South America.
Spain
500
Name the person that believed that faith rather than good deeds was the salvation.
Martin Luther
500
Locate things which traveled between Africa and the Americas.
Enslaved Africans
500
How did religion develop in the America's?
Religion developed in the America's because of the religious divisions.Martin Luther rejected many churches practices because he said they were not mentioned in the bible. John Calvin also broke away from the catholic church. He spread Calvinism all over Europe. King Henery also left the Catholic church so he could have his first marriage called invalid. Then the Dutch and the English Protestants established colonies.
500
Identify the first white man to cross the Mississippi River.
Hernado de Soto
500
1. List three cities which were centers for the growing East-West trade of spices, perfumes, and silks. 2. Name the historical period of intellectual and artistic creativity. 3. Identify the invention that helped Marco Polo's Travels gain wider circulation.
1.Venice, Genoa, and Pisa 2.Renaissance 3.Printing Press