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Exploration Exploration Pt. 2 The Americas Definitions Section 2.4 10 20 30 40 50

Question 1 - 10 Why is the present day United States named after Amerigo Vespucci?

Answer 1 – 10 A German Mapmaker was impressed with Amerigo Vespucci writings, published a book with a large map showing the new continents Amerigo discovered….. Labeling them “Americas”

Question 1 - 20 What explorer and his crew were the first circumnavigate around the world?

Answer 1 – 20 Ferdinand Magellan

Question 1 - 30 What was the name of the first island Columbus discovered in the New World?

Answer 1 – 30 Bahamas

Question 1 - 40 What group of people did Columbus first discover in the New World?

Answer 1 – 40 Taino

Question 1 - 50 What was the purpose of Columbus’s first voyage?

Answer 1 – 50 To find a quicker trade route to Asia.

Question 2 - 10 Ferdinand and Isabella were the king and queen of this country? They also funded Columbus’s first voyage to the Americas.

Answer 2 – 10 Spain

Question 2 - 20 Which ruler gathered experts in navigation, shipbuilding, and sailing in an effort to improve navigational techniques?

Answer 2 – 20 Prince Henry or Prince Henry the Navigator

Question 2 - 30 In the 1400s, what Italian city held a monopoly on European trade with Asia?

Answer 2 – 30 Venice

Question 2 - 40 The Portuguese set up trading posts along the coast of which continent?

Answer 2 – 40 Africa

Question 2 - 50 With Portugal’s funding, what explorer successfully rounded Africa’s Cape of Good Hope (Southern Tip of Africa)?

Answer 2 – 50 Vasco De Gama

Question 3 - 10 The transfer of new plants, animals, and diseases from Europe to the New World (vice-versa) is known as what?

Answer 3 – 10 Columbian Exchange

Question 3 - 20 Who were Spanish soldiers in search of riches who conquered much of New Spain?

Answer 3 – 20 The Conquistadores

Question 3 - 30 What was the name of the Conquistadores who defeated the Aztec Empire?

Answer 3 – 30 Hernan Cortes

Question 3 - 40 The system that forced Native Americans into slavery is known as what?

Answer 3 – 40 Encomienda System

Question 3 - 50 What Priest advocated and defended the rights of the Native Americans in New Spain?

Answer 3 – 50 Bartolome de Las Casas

Question 4 - 10 What is the term that means to travel around the Earth?

Answer 4 – 10 Circumnavigate

Question 4 - 20 Large farms specializing in growing one crop is called?

Answer 4 – 20 Plantations

Question 4 - 30 What instrument did the navigators used in the 1400s to determine their ships positions according to the position of the stars?

Answer 4 – 30 Astrolabe

Question 4 - 40 Columbus first voyage to the New World took him approximately how many days?

Answer 4 – 40 33 Days

Question 4 - 50 Towns that served as trading posts and sometimes as the center of local government were called?

Answer 4 – 50 Pueblos

Question 5 - 10 What German priest and others started a religious movement known as the Protestant Reformation?

Answer 5 – 10 Martin Luther

Question 5 - 20 Martin Luther translated the Bible from Latin to:

Answer 5 – 20 German

Question 5 - 30 Spain’s position as a world power ended when what was destroyed by British ships?

Answer 5 – 30 Spanish Armada

Question 5 - 40 New York City was originally named:

Answer 5 – 40 New Netherland

Question 5 - 50 What happened to the English Colony of Roanoke:

Answer 5 – 50 First Colony: Failed because fighting with Native Americans and lack of food Second Colony: Unknown Reason