U.S. History Unit #2

In what book did Marco Polo write about his travels to China?

Most early maps were NOT accurate because they were missing integral parts of the world.

A town in Spanish ruled lands that was used to sell goods.

Columbus was completely unaware that he discovered a new continent. He died believing he had found a new route to India.

To survive among Native Americans, Cabeza de Vacca persuaded the Native Americans that he...

In the 1600's and 1700's the Spanish settled the Southwest including present-day New Mexico, Texas, and California.

A _______ is a journey to a holy place.

In 1519, ____ landed on the east coast of present day Mexico. Within two years he conquered the Aztec Empire.

What FOUR parts of the government were created by Monarchs in Spain, Portugal, and England?

In early A.D. 600's, a new religion began to spread. What was it?

A(n) ______ was an instrument used by sailors to observe the position of the stars and determine latitude.

Spanish explorers, known as _____ were given land in the New World from their rulers back in Europe.

In 1492, ____ led 90 sailors in 3 ships on a voyage to the Indies. After months at sea, the explorers found a new world.

Caravels could NOT sail as fast or as far as earlier ships because of their heavy sails.

What THREE Italian cities prospered from trade between Europe & Asia?

The period of intellectual and artistic creativity is known as the Renaissance. What does Renaissance mean in French?

America was named after this man who realized that South & North America were separate continents and not part of Asia.

Marco Polo made the first Spanish landing on the east coast of present-day Florida in 1513.

What famous explorer was inspired by the book Travels 200 years after it was written?

How did Spanish Conquistadors defeat the Inca and Aztec so quickly and easily?

According to legend, Ponce de Leon was not looking for gold, he was searching for _________.

The defeat of China's armada marked the end of Chinese control of the seas. Now, it was clear for England to travel.

As early as the mid 1400's, power countries such as Portugal & Spain began to search for a sea route to Asia.

Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco de Gama, and Pedro Cabral were all explorers sent by what country?

500 years before other Europeans, _____ sailed to North America from Scandinavia and established settlements.

Explorers hoped to discover the ______ to Asia, a direct water route through the Americas, but it was never found.

The _____ is an instrument that was made in China and allowed sailors to determine their direction using magnetic north.

A ______ is a Muslim house of worship.

In the 1500's, King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I changed the country from Catholic to _________.

What did Africa's west coast get nicknamed during the Age of Exploration?

By the late 1500's, slave labor was an essential part of the economy of the colonies.

The new diseases that were introduced to the Americas were thought to have killed millions of Native Americans.

Some of the main foods that were sent from the Americas to Europe included which of the following:

A ____ is a point of land that sticks out into water, much like a peninsula.

Newly powerful bankers and merchants in several advanced cities studied _____ works (related to ancient Greece & Rome).

A system known as the ______ only allowed colonies to trade with Spain and allowed Native Americans to be used as slaves

In 1847, _____ set out from Lisbon with two small caravels & a supply ship. King John sent him to explore part of Africa

A _______ was a type of fort, and was usually built near a mission.

Religious communities established by the Spanish to help spread Christianity.

A ____ is a settler who pays rent or provides work to a landowner in exchange for the right to use the landowner's land.

A(n) ______ is a Spanish fleet of warships.

European settlement of the America's led to the eventual enslavement of over 11 million Africans.

Kind Ferdinand & Queen Isabella agreed to support Columbus's expeditions for what TWO reasons?

In the 1400s, most educated people still believed the world was flat.

The use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes.

Between 400 and 1600 A.D, powerful kingdoms flourished in Africa. These empires included which of the following:

In the beginning of the Age of Exploration, which country took the lead in finding a trade route to India?

What FOUR continents were involved in the Columbian Exchange?

To travel all the way around something, usually by water.

Roman _______ were the first religious Europeans to arrive in "New World" to spread Christianity.

The Spanish developed large ________ to raise crops like tobacco and sugarcane. Typically, slave labor was used.

What is one of the mightiest rivers in North America? It was essential to trading ports during the Age of Exploration.

Using reports from explorers and new information from scholars, mapmakers began making more accurate land and sea maps.

What was the MOST lucrative good that the Americas sent to Europe during the Columbian exchange?

In the 1450's, the introduction of the ______ made it easier & cheaper to make books. This increased the literacy rate.

Although he was known as ______, the Prince never intended to become an explorer himself. He planned & paid for voyages.

With no ______, or resistance to European diseases, the Aztecs and Inca suffered terrible epidemics.

The purpose of the ______ was to take back control of Christian holy sites in the Middle East.