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Exploration - Rev.
Mrs. Renshaw's Ch. 1 Study Guide
Question | Answer |
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Why do people in Brazil speak Portuguese? | Portugal explored and claimed the land |
Why did European disease have such a devastating effect on Native Americans? | They had no resistance to the diseases |
Name 2 important Renaissance artists | Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci |
How did economics play a role in European colonies? | Europe wanted more sources of raw materials for maufacturing |
Which animal from the Old World helped native people hunt and trade over large areas? | Horse |
What was the Columbian Exchange? | Moving of animals,plants,people,and diseases from the Old World to the New World and from the New World to the Old |
Name some foods from the New World | Corn,peppers,potatoes,peanuts, and tomatoes |
Name some foods from the Old World | Coffee, sugar, rice, peaches,olives |
Define plantations | Large commercial farms |
Who defined the boundaries of the Spanish and Portuguese empires? | The Pope |
Who colonized Australia and why? | Great Britain They needed a place to keep prisoners. |
Whose book increased interest in Asia? | Marco Polo |
What was the Triangular Trade? | Trans-Atlantic trade pattern with 3 stages |
Who broke with the Catholic Church and made himself head of the Church of England? | King Henry VIII |
What happened during the Industrial Revolution? | Workers formed trade unions,people moved to the city,steam was used for power |
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin and where did it spread? | Began in Great Britain and spread to other parts of Europe and the world |
Which European nations had the greatest impact on Latin America? | Spain and Portugal |
Name some countries where most people speak English as their 1st language. | Australia, North America and United Kingdom |
Who is credited with Portugal's exploration success? | Prince Henry the Navigator |
What were the 3 Gs? | God, Glory, and Gold |
Who was Martin Luther? | A monk who wrote the 95 Theses to protest against the selling of indulgences |
Who became part of the work force during the Industrial Revolution? | Women and children |
What is Cartography? | Science of making accurate maps and globes |
What was the Astrolabe? | Instrument invented by the muslims that helped explorers calculate their position by measuring how the sky looked. |
What is a Colony? | Group of people living in a new territory with ties to a distant state. |
What is a Penal Colony? Which country was colonized for this purpose? | Colony used to house prisoners |
Who are indigenous people? Why did so many of them die when the explorers arrived? | Native to a region |
Industrial Revolution | A shift from hand tools driven by by animal or human power to large-scale machinery powered by fuels or natural resources. |
What was Britain's primary goal in building an empire? | Gaining wealth and power |
What is an example of the long lasting impact of the Columbain Exchange in South America? | Spanish is the main spoken language |
How could immunity have prepared Native Americans for the Columbian Exchange? | Protected them from diseases like smallpox and the flu. |
As the European powers grew more industrialized - what did they need from the colonies? | Raw materials |
Which islands did Christopher Columbus think were part of Asia? | The Bahamas |
In 1815, which nation became the fist superpower? What countries could be considered superpowers today? | Great Britain USA, Russia, China |
What is imperialism? | When 1 country takes over another country. |
Areas colonized by Portugal | Brazil and the West coast of Africa |
Areas colonized by Spain | North and South America, the Philippines |
Areas colonized by Great Britain | North America, Australia and India |
Areas colonized by France | Canada, Haiti, and West Africa |