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Age of Exploration
Social Studies Ch. 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did the Chinese stop their voyages of exploration? | A new ruler stopped all Chinese exploration. |
| The Silk Road connected Europe and ___________. | China |
| What new inventions that Marco Polo see in China? | paper and printing |
| Who is someone that buys and sells good to make a living? | merchant |
| What is a group of people and animals that travel together called? | caravan |
| Which invention helped sailors steer without seeing the sun or stars? | compass |
| What did the Portuguese name the tip of Africa? | Cape of Good Hope |
| Why did Prince Herny of Portugal start a school of navigation? | He wanted to encourage explorers. |
| What is the name of a tool that measures the height of the sun or a star above the horizon called? | astrolabe |
| What is a cruel system in which people are bought or sold and made to work without pay? | slavery |
| Where did Columbus land after he sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean? | present-day Bahamas |
| Who did Columbus ask to pay for his westward voyage to Asia? | King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain |
| What is an outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and affects many people? | epidemic |
| Whose crew became the first to circumnavigate the world? | Fredinand Magellan |
| What is it called to sail completely around the world? | circumnavigate |
| In the Columbian Exchange, what did Columbus take back to Europe from the Americas? | potatoes |
| After Cortes, Spain sent explorers to Central and South America in search of _____. | gold |
| Who helped Cortes defeat Moctezuma? | other Indian nations |
| A journey to achieve a goal is _______________. | an expedition |
| Many nations or territories ruled by a single group or leader are _________________. | empire |
| Why did Spanish settlers import enslaved Africans? | They needed workers to replace the American Indians who died. |
| What did Bartolome de las Casas speak against? | bad treatment of American Indians |
| How did the Spanish colonists treat the American Indians? | They forced American Indians to work on farms and in mines. |
| What did the Spanish colonists build in the Americas that was often its own village and church? | haciendas |
| What important contribution did Portuguese explorers make to European trade? | They found a sea route to Asia |
| What effect did Marco Polo's book have on Europeans? | They became more interested in travel to Asia. |
| What were the name of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus on his first voyage? | the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria |
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