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Age of Exploration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Historical time period in which European culture made a significant shift. | Renaissance |
| Device that helped travel across the sea. | Compass |
| Europeans were looking for easier trade routes to this continent. | Asia |
| Primary motivations for Europeans to explore. | God, Gold, and Glory |
| Italian explorer who sailed for Spain and "discovered" the New World. | Christopher Columbus |
| Spanish explorers were also known by this name. | Conquistadors |
| Spanish plantations were called this. | Encomiendas |
| Main disease that caused massive reduction of the Native American population. | Smallpox |
| People from this continent were brought by the Spanish to be slaves. | Africa |
| The people who the Spanish first attempted to enslave. | Native Americans |
| Spanish influence in the present-day United States is strongest in these two areas. | Florida and the Southwest |
| The religion that the Spanish wanted to convert the natives. | Catholic |
| The religion that the French wanted to spread in the New World. | Catholic |
| Source of French wealth from the New World. | Furs |
| River that the French controlled in the middle of the present-day United States | Mississippi River |
| Part of the present-day United States that the English controlled. | East Coast |
| Main source of wealth in the New World for England | Tobacco |
| English settlers were searching for this type of freedom. | Religious |
| Most famous Spanish explorer to travel through South Carolina | Hernan de Soto |
| First Spanish attempt at settling in South Carolina. | Miguel de Gualdape |
| France's only attempt to settle South Carolina. | Charlesfort |
| Spain's second attempt at a settlement in South Carolina | San Felipe |
| France's attempt at a settlement in South Carolina was a refuge for this religious group. | Huguenot |
| The country that forced the Spanish out of South Carolina. | England |
| England's first successful settlement in South Carolina. | Charles Town |
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