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Ch 2
Age of Exploration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What year did Columbus land in the West Indies thinking he had reached India? | 1492 |
| Who were the king and queen of Spain that funded Columbus' voyage? | Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand |
| Name the country that supported Christopher Columbus' voyages. | Spain |
| What is the definition of a strait? | a narrow passage that connects two large bodies of water. |
| What does circumnavigate mean? | to travel around (Earth) |
| Name three diseases carried into the Americas from Europe. | smallpox, chickenpox, and measles |
| Name the first European to see the Pacific Ocean. | Vasco Nunez de Balboa |
| The Strait of Magellan is named after the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. In 1522 what was his crew the first to do? | circumnavigate the globe |
| What was the name of the Aztec leader who offered gold to Cortez for him to leave, but instead was taken prisoner? | Montezuma |
| Tenochititlan, the Aztec capitol, was conquered and destroyed by Cortez. In its place he built this modern day city over it. What is the name of the city? | Mexico City |
| A large farm is also called what? | plantation |
| What is the economic system called that places the existence of the colonies as responsible for the home country to benefit in wealth and power? | mercantilism |
| What was the Spanish Armada? | a powerful fleet of sailing ships |
| What are the three G's? | gold, God, and glory |
| Louis the XIV was king to what country? | France |
| 500 years before Columbus had "discovered" the New World, who made landfall in North America? | Vikings |
| Name the "hoped-for" sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific that would pass through or around North America. | Northwest Passage |
| North and South America get their name from this explorer. | Amerigo Vespucci |
| Before it was named New York, it was called what? | New Amsterdam |
| The state of Louisiana is named after this French King. | Louis XIV |
| What was the split between Catholics and Protestants called? | Protestant Reformation |
| This English explorer has a river and a bay in north America named after him. | Henry Hudson |
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