Europeans Set Sail
The Black Death was brought to Europe on ships by
Rats
Many American Indians died because
they had no immunity to European diseases.
He led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe.
Ferdinand Magellan
The passageway that Magellan's ships found at the southern tip of South America became known as the Strait of __________
Magellan
How many of Magellan's ships were able to make their way back to Spain.
One
A rebirth of European interest in the arts and learning of ancient Greece and Rome was known as the
Renaissance
Christopher Columbus first landed in the Americas in what year?
1492
This is a narrow and winding sea passage.
Strait
The removal of Moors from Spain was known as the
Reconquista
The first European to sail around Africa's Cape of Good Hope was
Bartolomeu Dias
This person was known as the Navigator for his support of Portugal's exploration efforts.
Prince Henry
Columbus renamed the island ____________ after claiming it for Spain
Hispaniola
This term means to sail completely around something
Circumnavigate
The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the "Old World" and the "New World' is called the
Columbian Exchange
This term means to change the religious beliefs of a people.
Convert
This term means to have sole economic control
Monopoly
The __________ people were the first Columbus's men encountered.
Taino
This person was the Genoese explorer whose discoveries gave England a claim to land in North America.
John Cabot
He was the French sailor whose voyages allowed the French to lay claim to much of Canada.
Samuel de Champlain
To raise money for new ventures and reduce the individual risk of starting a business, some merchants formed
Joint-Stock Company
A period of great change in the European economy was known as the
Commercial Revolution
King _______ commissioned Columbus's trips to the New World.
Ferdinand
He was the Italian explorer for whom America was named.
Amerigo Vespucci
By looking for this Europeans hoped it would allow them to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Northwest Passage
This person invented movable type for the European printing press.
Johannes Gutenberg