China, Innovations, and Mercantilism
The famous work Description of the World was about whose adventures?
Marco Polo
Where did the Protestant Reformation occur?
All throughout Europe
What is the name of the body of water which some historians think people crossed via a land bridge from Asia to North America?
Bering Strait
Dutch explorer who claimed New Netherland
Henry Hudson
Englishman who circumnavigated the globe and whom the Spanish viewed as a pirate
Francis Drake
What country was Spain's earliest competitor to reach the Far East and make early claims to new lands?
Portugal
New France
Which European nation first discovered a sea route to Asia?
Portugal
How did Pope Alexander VI divide the world for exploration?
East - Portugal
Which people built their capital city on the site of modern Mexico City?
Aztecs
Italian explorer who sailed for Spain
Christopher Columbus
Spanish explorer who named Florida
Juan Ponce de Leon
What ruler experienced defeat with the destruction of an armada?
Phillip II
Because long Canadian winters reduced farming capacity, what became a profitable business activity of Frenchmen?
fur trading
Which merchants controlled the overland routes to Asia?
Muslim
Who was Geneva's most influential teacher and was instrumental in the Protestant Reformation?
John Calvin
What was the name given to the peoples of the Adena nd Hopewell cultures that developed in what is now called the Midwest?
Mound Builders
Portuguese explorer who sailed to India and obtained a profitable cargo of spices
Vasco da Gama
Italian explorer who sailed for England
John Cabot
What is the oldest permanent city settled by Europeans in the present United States.
St. Augustine
What economic system was based on building national power by amassing a surplus of hard money (i.e. gold and other precious metals)?
Mercantilism
Which German monk was influential in starting the Protestant Reformtion?
Martin Luther
Who was the king of the Aztecs who thought Cortes might be an Aztec god?
Montezuma
Spanish explorer who discovered the Mississippi River
Hernando de Soto
Spanish explorer whose expedition discovered the Grand Canyon
Francisco Coronado
Who was the one-legged governor of New Netherland?
Peter Stuyvesant
Name 3 innovations that made it possible for explorers to extend their travels to the New World.
compass
astrolabe
caravel
How did the Protestant Reformation affect New World settlement?
Rivalry between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism motivated English, French, and Spanish explorers. They also saw the discovery of these new lands as an opportunity to spread their influence.
What factor most determined the type of housing used by the various Indian tribes?
geographic environment
What was so remarkable about Magellan's crew's accomplisment?
The crew's accomplishment in circumnavigating the world was remarkable because it confirmed that one could reach Asia by sailing west around the tip of South America. It also revealed the girth of the globe and the vastness of the Pacific Ocean.
Who was Bartolomeu Dias?
explored for Portugal
Why were the Spanish and the English bitter rivals?
Name at least two of the following:
-economic competitors
-mercantilism
- English Sea Dogs robbed Spanish vessels
- Religious rivalry
- Spanish Armada
Englishman who financed settlements in the New World
Walter Raleigh