UNIT 2 STUDY GUIDE

Famous People

10

The Prince of Portugal who wanted to find a sea route to Asia?

Who is Prince Henry

or 

Who is Prince Henry the Navigator

15

The explorer who sailed West from Spain and accidentally found the Americas.

Who was Christopher Columbus?

20

The explorer who first sailed around the tip of Africa to India for Portugal.

Who was Vasco Da Gama?

20

The leader of the Spanish Conquistadors who conquered the Aztecs for Spain.

Who was Hernan Cortes?

OR

Who was Cortes?

25

The king of the Aztecs who was conquered by Spain.

Who was Moctezuma?

Tools and Objects

10

These 2 places were missing on maps before Christopher Columbus found them.

What is North America and South America?

15

The new boat invented in Portugal that was better for exploring.

What was the caravel?

20

The tool that uses the earth magnetic field to tell the directions (North, South, East, and West)

What is the Magnetic Compass?

20

A tool that uses the stars to tell sailors how for north or south they are.

What is an Astrolabe?

25

A very accurate clock that shows how far East and West they are.

What is a Chronometer?

Spanish Conquest of America

10

The country that conquered the Aztecs.

What was Spain?

15

Spain wanted to take this from the Aztecs.

What is gold?

OR

What is silver?

20

Cortes army was made up of these 2 groups.

Who were the Conquistadors and Native Americans?

20

The King and Queen who ordered the Conquistadors to conquer the Aztecs.

Who was King Ferdinand or Queen Isabella?

25

The capital city of the Aztecs that was conquered.

What was Tenochtitlan?

Colombian Exchange

10

A place that is controlled by a country that is far far away.

What is a colony?

15

The place where Europeans got slaves from to bring to the Americas.

Where is Africa?

20

The number of places resources were transferred from in the Colombian Exchange.

What is 3?

20

The religion that Spain wanted to spread to the Native Americans.

What is Christianity?

25

The three places included in the Colombian Exchange.

What is Europe, Africa, and the Americas?

Other

10

The country Christopher Columbus thought he landed in. 

What is India?

15

The name of the trade route from Europe to Asia.

What is the Silk Road?

20

The movement of people, animals, plants, and ideas between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

What is the Colombian Exchange?

20

The name of the Spanish Colonies.

What is New Spain?

25

The 4 reasons countries started colonies.

What is to get rich, to get powerful, to spread religion, and to start a new life?