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Empresa 5 Unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the science used by sailors to find their place and plan their routes? | navigation |
| What is the name of the tool that came from China and hepled sailors to know which direction was north? | magnetic compass |
| What invention came to Europe from Arabia and helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location? | astrolabe |
| Using degrees, this measures the distance that is north or south of the equator. | latitude |
| Using degrees, this measures the distance that is east or west of the prime meridian. | longitude |
| Which merchant traveled to China and later wrote a book about the silks, spices and advances that Europeans could find there? | Marco Polo |
| Goods between China and Europe were traded along land routes known as the... | Silk Road |
| Trade between Europe and Asia became more difficult when the Ottoman Turks took over this city? | Constantinople |
| Europeans began to build ships called caravels that had better ______ than ships had before. | sails |
| Who sponsored (paid for) the voyage of Christopher Columbus? | King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain |
| Why did Europeans sponsor exploration? | to find new routes to the riches of Asia |
| Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate or sail around the world? | Ferdinand Magellan |
| This verb means to change your own beliefs or the beliefs of someone else. | convert |
| Columbus sailed west from Spain and landed on San Salvador but he thought he landed on islands in Asia called ... | the Indies |
| Amerigo Vespucci crossed the Atlantic to a "New World" that map makers later called... | America |
| Balboa became the first European explorer to see the this ocean from the coast of America. | Pacific |
| Over time Europeans became interesed in the _______ and ________ in the Americas and began to set up colonies. | land, resources |
| What was one of the goals of the Catholic Counter Reformation | to convert people in new lands to the Catholic reliion. |
| Christians who broke away from the Catholic church were called? | Protestants |
| This country chose to gain land and wealth by colonizing the New World | Spain |
| What two Spanish conquerors defeated mighty empires in the New World? | Cortes and Pizarro |
| Hernan Cortez captured and eventually took over this wealthy empire in what is now Mexico. | Aztec |
| This man led the conquest of the Inca Civilization in South America in what is now Peru. | Pizzaro |
| The search to find a water route through North America to the Pacific and then to China became known as the... | Northwest Passage |
| Which Italian sailed far down the east coast of South America and using longitude and circumference measurements realized that he was too far east to be in Asia. | Amerigo Vespucci |
| This is a place set up to teach religion and other ways of life to native people | Mission |
| Ponce de Leon and Hernando de Soto explored land in this area for Spain | North America |
| What two countries sent expeditions to search for a Northwest Passage to Asia? | France and the Netherlands |
| What explorer from the Netherlands traveled up the Hudson river? | Henry Hudson |
| The Netherlands built towns and forts like New Amsterdam and Fort Orange where these two present day cities are located. | Albany and New York |
| Over time trade routes developed for carrying goods and __________ between Africa, Europe and the Americas. | Enslaved people |
| Europeans went to this continent to capture or trade enslaved peoples and ship them to the West Indies. | Africa |
| The movement of goods and people from Europe to Africa, to the West Indies, to North America and back to Europe was called... | Triangular Trade |
| What geographic areas did the Spainish settle in the Americas? | Mexico,Central America, South America, Florida and the Caribbean |
| What geographic area did the English settle in the Americas? | the East Coast of the US, Canada |
| What geographic areas did Portuguese settle in the Americas? | the East Coast of South America ( modern day Brazil) |
| What geographic areas did the Dutch settle in the Americas? | New York State along the Hudson River |
| What geographic areas did the French settle in the Americas? | Along the Mississippi River and St Lawrence Rivers to the Gulf of Mexico |
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