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Age of Exploration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where did the Vikings originate? | Norway, Sweden and Denmark |
| What does the word Viking mean? | Pirate |
| What Viking was credited as the first European to set down upon North America? | Leif Erikson |
| What type of ship did the Vikings utilize? | Longship |
| Why did the European wish to explore the world? | Gold, Glory and God |
| How did Prince Henry encourage international exploration? | School of Navigation |
| Which explorer created the trade route around Africa to India? | Da Gama |
| What explorer is credited with discovering the New World? | Christopher Columbus |
| What country financed Christopher Columbus' journey? | Spain |
| What was Christopher Columbus looking for on his expedition? | All water route to the Asia from the west |
| What three ships were on the original Columbus expedition? | Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria |
| Where did those three ships first land? | San Salvador |
| When did those three ships land in the Americas? | October 12, 1492 |
| How did Spain and Portugal solve their issue over the New World? | The Pope issued the Line of Demarcation |
| How was the Line of Demarcation adjusted? | Treaty of Tordesillas moved Line of Demarcation over 800 miles |
| For whom was the New World named? | Amerigo Vespucci |
| Whom did Hernan Cortes defeat? | Aztecs |
| Whom did Francisco Pizzaro defeat? | Incas |
| What extensive road system linked New Spain? | El Camino |
| What were the three types of settlements in New Spain? | Pueblo, Mission, Presidio |
| How did the Spanish treat Native Americans? | Like slaves or second class citizens |
| What was the encomienda system? | System to tax the Native Americans |
| Who was credited with being the first to circumnavigate the world? | Magellan |
| What Spanish explorer searched Florida for the Fountain of Youth? | Ponce de Leon |
| How did the French treatment of Native Americans differ from that of the English and Spanish? | French treated the Natives as equals, learned their languages and customs and married their women. The Spanish enslaved the Native Americans. |
| Which French explorer claimed the land around the St. Lawrence River? | Jacques Cartier |
| What was the basis of the New France economy? | Fur trapping and Trading |
| Where was the only Dutch settlement in the New World? | New York area near Hudson Bay |
| Who claimed that land for the Dutch? | Henry Hudson |
| Why did the Dutch reject development in the New World? | Not profitable |
| Why did the European powers have to leave the Americas for a new source of cheap labor? | Native Americans killed by European diseases |
| From where were African slaves first brought to America? | West Africa |
| When did the Spanish government legalize the slave trade? | 1510 |
| What was the slave ship voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to Americas known as? | Middle Passage |
| What was the death rate of the slaves on these ships? | 1 in 6 died |
| How did slave culture develop in the New World? | Blend of various African cultures highlighting family, religion and art/dance |
| Which explorer has a bay and river named after him as a result of his search for the Northwest passage? | Henry Hudson |
| Also on the search for the Northwest passage, this explorer claimed Canada for England? | John Cabot |
| Who was credited with naming the Pacific Ocean? | Ferdinand Magellan |
| What was the slave ship voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas known as? | Middle Passage |
| What were conditions like on the slave ships? | Crowded, unsanitary, inadequate nutrition, often violent |
| The trade route designed to trade molasses, rum, and slaves is referred to as what? | Triangular Trade |
| What American region was involved in Triangular Trade? | Northeast |
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Ms.Furman
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