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European Exploration
European Exploration and Settlement
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Christopher Columbus | A sailor from Italy who explored for Spain. He discovered America in 1492. |
| Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand | King and Queen of Spain who gave money and ships to Columbus to help him explore. |
| Magellan | 1st Spanish captain who tried to sail around the earth. |
| Conquistadors | Spanish explorers and warriors who defeated the Native Americans and took their land. |
| The Crusades | Wars to capture the "Holy Lands" and spread Christianity. |
| Renaissance Era | When people wanted to learn, explore and invent in Europe from 1300's to the 1600's. |
| Navigator | A person who plans the ship's path at sea. |
| Caravel | A ship with both triangle and square sails that helped a ship sail. |
| Magnetic Compass | A tool that tells you what direction you are facing (north, south, east or west.) It helped sailors find their way around the oceans |
| Astrolabe | A tool used by sailors to show what latitude line they were on by measuring the height of the North Star. |
| Printing Press | A machine invented by Johannes Gutenberg that was used to print documents, papers or books. |
| Circumnavigate | To circle around an object (usually the earth). |
| Colonists | A group of people who settle in another land, but are RULED by their HOME government. |
| Northwest Passage | A water route through North America, that didn’t really exist, that Europeans were looking for to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. |
| Feudalism | When Kings let nobles and serfs use their land in exchange for protection and loyalty. |
| Manor | Serfs (low people) farmed the land for their lords. The lords used their riches to protect the serfs who worked for them. |
| Columbian Exchange | Sending plants, animals, people and diseases back and forth between the Old World (Europe/Africa/Asia) and the New World (Americas) |
| "New World" | North and South America. They were new lands that Europeans had just discovered. |
| "Old World" | Europe, Asia, Africa. They were the old land that Europeans had known about for a long time. |
| Middle Passage | The path taken by ships carrying Africans who were captured and brought to the Americas as slaves. |
| African Diaspora | When Africans were forced from their homes and sold into slavery. |
| Slave Codes | Laws that told people how slaves should live and be treated. Ex. no religion, no education, no marriage, no travel |
| Slavery | Forcing a person to work without paying them. |
| Racism | Thinking that one group is better OR worse based on race (skin color). |
| Mercantilism | Nations get richer by getting gold and silver and trade with other nations. |
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