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mr zinnen part
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the 5 nations that explored what is now north america and south america | spain, portugal, france, dutch, UK |
| columbus' 3 ships | nina, pinta, santa maria |
| the crusades | 1095-1291 christian europeans vs muslims |
| revolution | overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system ex. commercial, geographic |
| interest | money paid regularly at a particular rate for the use of money lent |
| astrolab | instrument that measures the position of stars |
| india | christopher columbus failed in finding indies route and died discredited |
| circumnavigate | sail all the way around something |
| line of demarcation | pope drew line to stop way between spain and portugal |
| aztecs | empire taken over my hernan cortes (emperor montezuma) |
| incas | empire taken over my francisco pizzaro |
| new amsterdam | the center of the new colony of dutch (NY) |
| quebec | samuel da champlain established a settlement |
| marco polo | man who wrote on an account of the marvels of asia |
| prince henry the navigator | man who caused people to explore and started navigation schools |
| bartholomew diaz | sent by the king to explore southern part of africa (of portugal) |
| vasco da gama | completed eastern sea route to asia |
| christopher columbus | queen isabella funded his voyage to find a trade route to indies, left in august, 1492 |
| juan balboa | first european to see the pacific ocean from the americas |
| ferdinand magellan | portuguese man to circumnavigate the world for the first time |
| ponce de leon | made first spanish landing on north america |
| hernando cortes | took over aztec tribe |
| jacques cartier | french explorer who searched for sea route to asia but failed and found mountain next to a village and named it montreal |
| jacques marquette | priest who searched for precious metals and a water passage to pacific ocean but failed |
| louis joliet | fur trader who searched for precious metals and a water passage to pacific ocean but failed |
| robert lasalle | first european to trace mississippi river to its mouth and claimed it for france |
| henry hudson | english sailor searching for passage to india by the netherlands but failed but found a huge bay that now bears his name |