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Social Studies Ch 3
Age of Exploration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what group sailed to the America's in the 1500 and explored eastern Canada? | Viking |
| someone who buys and sells goods to ear money | merchant |
| Who left Italy in 1271 to journey to China? | Marco Polo |
| How long did Marco Polo live in China? | 16 years |
| Who did Marco Polo work for? | Kublai Khan |
| What were three things Marco saw in China? | paper, printing and gunpowder |
| What was the name of the route used to transport goods from China? | Silk Road |
| Who was sent by China to explore Southeast Asia and the African east coast? | Zheng He |
| What is a placed ruled by a king or queen? | kingdom |
| What is a group of people and animals who travel together? | caravan |
| Who was the Mali's greatest ruler? | Mansa Musa |
| What did Mansa Musa do in Mecca when he visited? | he set up trade agreements |
| What happened in Europe during 1300's and 1400's? | Renaissance |
| What does Renaissance mean? | rebirth |
| What made the Renaissance special? | new interest in writing, art, science, and ideas from the ancient Greeks and Romans |
| Is the use of scientific knowledge and tools to do things better and more rapidly? | technology |
| In what year was the printing press created? | 1454 |
| Who created the printing press? | Johannes Gutenberg |
| Why was the creation of the printing press so important? | allowed books and ideas to spread across europe |
| Is the Science of planning and controlling the direction of a ship | navigation |
| Is a tool that measures the height of the sun or a star above the horizon. | astrolabe |
| Who taught the Europeans about the astrolabe | North Africans |
| What is an instrument with a magnetic needle that always points to the north? | compass |
| Who were the first Europeans to find a sea route to Asia? | Portuguese |
| Who created the school of navigation in Portugal? | Prince Henry - the Navigator |
| What is a cruel system in which people are bought and sold and made to work without pay? | slavery |
| Who was the explorer who was the first to go around the southern tip of africa? | Bartolomeu Dias |
| Who was the first explorer to reach India? | Vasco da Gama |
| What year did Bartlolmeu Dias sail around the cape of good hope? | 1487 |
| Sailors could use this instrument to find out how far north or south they were? | astrolabe |
| what year did Columbus receive approval from Ferdinand and Isabella to sail to America? | 1492 |
| What were the reason's for Columbus expedition? | Looking to make money from God and spices to pay for the Spanish Reconquista and spread Roman Catholicism |
| What were the three names of Columbus ships? | nina, pinta, santa maria |
| What was the island Columbus landed on first? | San Salvador |
| What is a small community of people living in a new place? | settlement |
| What is an outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and affects many people? | epidemic |
| what were the harmful effects of the Europeans in the west indies? | cut down rain forest, built sugar plantations, many american animals and plants were destroyed, brought disease |
| What did Columbus bring back to Spain? | corn, peanuts, potatoes, tomatos, chocolate, and certain peppers, beans and squashes |
| What did Columbus bring to the Caribbean? | cattle, horses,pigs, bananas, coffee beans, sheep |
| Who's crew was the first to circumnavigate the world? | Magellan |
| Is to sail completely around something? | circumnavigate |
| Is a journey to achieve a goal? | expedition |
| what is spanish for conqueror? | Conquistador |
| IS many nations or territories ruled by a single group or leader | empire |
| Who was the explorer for discovered the Aztecs | Herman Cortes |
| Who helped Cortes communicate with the Aztecs? | Malinche |
| What was the name of the Aztec ruler? | Moctezuma |
| Who defeated the powerful Inca's? | Francisco Pizarro |
| Who was the first to reach north america? | Ponce de Leon |
| What was ponce de leon looking for? | fountain of youth |
| Is an area of land ruled by another country? | colonies |
| What is the oldest city built in North America? | St. Augustine |
| What is a large farm or ranch? | hacienda |
| means to change a religion or a belief | convert |
| Is a violent uprising against a ruler? | revolt |
| lines- run east and west and measure distance north and south of the equator? | latitude |
| a line of latitude is also called | parallel |
| lines of - run north and south and measure distance of east ans west of the prime meridian? | longitude |
| a line of longitude is also called a | meridian |
| the exact latitude and longitude of a place on the globe is also called is | absolute location |
| the ---- revolt was the most successful Indian uprising in the history of New Spain? | Pueblo |
| who was the leader of the Pueblo revolt ? | Pope |
| What were major accomplishments of the Spanish colonist? | created missions to converted Indians to Catholicism,built forts, cities, haciendas, |
| who were the first explorer to see the grand canyon? | Coronado |
| Who published a book requesting better treatment of the Indians? | Cabeza de Vaca |
| Who was the first explorer to reach the Mississippi river? | de soto |