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AGE OF EXPLORATION
AGE OF EXPLORATION
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STUDY AND PRACTICE SET FOR EARLY EXPLORERS
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The motivation for Europeans to explore, expand, and conquest overseas.
GOLD, GOD AND GLORY
GOLD, GLORY AND GREED
GREATNESS, GLORY, AND GREED
GREED, GOD, AND GREATNESS
2
A _________________ was planted by explorers to claim or take land for their country.
A CROWN
A CHEST OF GOLD
A FLAG
A STATUE
3
The supposed route across the northern part of North America that was never found.
NORTHWEST PASSAGE
COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
THE AMERICAS
SPICE ISLANDS
4
Europeans measured their wealth in ____________
CORN AND BEAN PLANTS
SILK CLOTHES AND CROWNS
GOLD AND SILVER
TOBACCO AND POTATOES
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A crop that is grown in large quantities for sale.
DOLLAR CROP
PRICE CROP
CASH CROP
MONEY CROP
6
A sickness that can pass quickly from one person to another.
ASTROLABE
ARTIFACT
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE
VACCINE
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The sponsor for Columbus first voyage.
KING AND QUEEN OF SPAIN
KING AND QUEEN OF PORTUGAL
KING AND QUEEN OF ENGLAND
KING AND QUEEN OF SCOTLAND
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The time, during the late 1400’s, when European explorers sought new routes to Asia.
THE CIVIL WAR ERA
THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD
THE RENAISSANCE
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The name sometimes used for North and South America.
PANGEA
MESOPOTAMIA
NEW FRONTIER
NEW WORLD
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A person who travels to unknown places usually in search of something valuable.
EUROPEAN
EXPLORER
CONQUISTADOR
ARCHAEOLOGIST
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The mission of some explorers who carried the bible on their voyages.
TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO READ
TO CONVERT PEOPLE TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
TO MAKE SURE THERE WOULD NOT BE STORMS AT SEA
TO KEEP THE SEA MONSTERS AWAY FROM THEIR SHIPS
12
Columbus called the people of San Salvador Indians because......
HE THOUGHT THEY WERE HOLY SAVIORS
IT WAS THE SPANISH WORD FOR PEOPLE
HE THOUGHT HE REACHED THE EAST INDIES
IT IS THE SPANISH WORD FOR ISLANDERS
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A scientist who studies artifacts to learn about past cultures.
ECOLOGIST
ZOOLOGIST
BIOLOGIST
ARCHEOLOGIST
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The process by which plants, diseases, and people have been traded from Europe, Asia, and Africa to the New World.
COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
NAVIGATING TERRITORY
NORTHWEST PASSAGE
SILK ROAD
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A tool used to observe and calculate the position of the sun and other stars.
MICROSCOPE
TELESCOPE
ASTROLABE
COMPASS
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A Spanish explorer who came to the Americas in the 1500s and claimed large areas of land for Spain.
NAVIGATOR
VIKING
CONQUISTADOR
ARCHEOLOGIST
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The land masses of North America, Central America and South America.
COLUMBUS LAND
AMERICA WORLDS
NEW AMERICAS
THE AMERICAS
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The large island group of Southeast Asia, including India, Indonesia, and Malaysia once known as the Spice Islands.
THE NEW WORLD
THE AMERICAS
EAST INDIES
EASTERN ASIA
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Lands settled and ruled by people from another country.
PORTUGAL
SPICE ISLANDS
COLONY
EAST INDIES
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A person, country, or business that agrees to pay for an activity in exchange for new information, land, or valuables.
PRESIDENT
KING
SPONSOR
NATIVE AMERICAN
