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Age of Exploration R
"Terms to Know" 1-25
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the name of the period of "rebirth" during the Middle Ages? | renaissance |
| What is the system of government used during the Middle Ages? | feudal system |
| What is the 14th century disease that killed a large part of the population of Europe? | black death |
| What is the name of a Knight's code of honor? | chivalry |
| Who are the people who searched for new lands and riches? | explorers |
| Who is the person who pays for expeditions? | sponsor |
| What is the name of the Native Americans Columbus first met? | Taino |
| What is the North and South America | New World |
| What is the spreading of new ideas and element of culture? | diffusion |
| Who were the Spanish explorers? | conquistadors |
| What is the transfer of people, plants, animals, and disease back and forth across the Atlantic? | The Columbian Exchange |
| What is it called to cause someone to loose their freedom? | enslavement |
| What is treatment of people as property for the purpose of forced labor? | slavery |
| What is something that belongs to someone else? | property |
| What is the sea route undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to North America? | middle passage |
| What is a new settlement established and governed by a country in another land? | colony |
| What is a village of buildings made of adobe and stone? | pueblo |
| What is clay material used in making dwellings? | adobe |
| What is the area extending west from lower Florida through California | borderlands |
| What are walled forts that protected the Spanish missions? | presidios |
| Who are the people who travel in order to convert people to their own religion? | missionaries |
| What are the people who change their religious beliefs? | converts |
| Who are adventurers who capture and kill animals? | trappers |
| Who are the wood trappers? | coureurs de bois |
| What is hunger and disease in the settlement of Jamestown? | starving times |