Social Studies Chapter 3 Review

A waterway in North America thought to connect the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

Northwest Passage

____________ is a collection of lands ruled by the nation that won control of them.

empire

____________ is a trip taken with the goal of exploring.

Expedition

_________ is a person who sets up and runs a business.

Entrepreneur

________ is a religious teacher sent out by a church to spread its religion.

missionary

________ is any Spanish conqueror in the Americas during the early 1500’s.

Conquistadors

_________ is the science of planning and following a route.

Navigation

___________ is the use of scientific knowledge and tools to make or do something.

technology

_________ is a rebellion against the leader of one’s group.

mutiny

_______ is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas.

Isthums

What group of Europeans reached North America about 500 years before Columbus?

Vikings

Johannes Gutenberg helped spread ideas by developing a ____.

Printing press

______ of Spain paid the costs of Columbus’s voyages.

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

Prince Henry of Portugal started a school of navigation. He hired scientists to improve the ______ needed for exploration.

Compass and astrolable

European merchants wanted __ and ___ from the Indies to sell to the people of Europe.

Silks and spices

_______ was looking for a Fountain of Youth.

Ponce de Leon

Spanish conquistadors were looking for ___ and ____.

Land and gold

Who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean?

Balboa

____ crew was the first to sail around the world.

Magellan

North and South America was named for ________.

Amerigo Vespucci

_____ conquered the Aztecs.

Hernando Cortez