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Exploration Vocabulary Explorers Enlightenment Vocabulary Thinkers & Despots En lightenment Grab Bag 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points Exploration Grab Bag
Define “caravel”
Type of sailing ship used by Europeans for long voyages across the ocean
This was the exchange of goods between the New World and Old World
Columbian Exchange
This tool helped sailors determine their latitude at sea
Astrolabe
What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?
Split the world in half between Spain & Portugal
What was the slaves’ journey across the Atlantic Ocean called?
The Middle Passage
This explorer accidentally discovered the New World while he was looking for India
Christopher Columbus
What part of the New World did England and France mostly explore?
North America / Canada
Who was the explorer who worked for both the Dutch and the English?
Henry Hudson
Explain Prince Henry of Portugal’s relationship to the Age of Exploration
He built a school for sailors, mapmakers, and navigators to support exploration of the world
Why did Spain send out the most explorers during the Age of Exploration?
Because they had a “head start” over everyone else and were able to support more explorers with the riches they found in the New World
Name the European disease that killed millions of Native Americans
Smallpox
What do “the Old World” and “the New World” refer to?
Old World – Europe, Africa, Asia New World – North & South America
Name 3 things explorers from the Old World brought to the New World
Guns, wheat, grain, sugarcane, disease, horses, cows, sheep, pigs, dogs
Explain “mercantilism”
Colony (supports mother country) Mother Country (gets rich) Colonists & finished goods Raw materials
Did the Columbian Exchange mostly benefit or harm Native Americans? Explain.
Answer varies.
This was a movement of thinkers in the 1700s that used reason to try and understand human nature
Enlightenment (or Age of Reason)
Thinkers in the Enlightenment were known as ________ (I want the specific word, not something close to it!)
Philosophes
Define “natural rights”
Rights people have from the time they’re born
Explain “Separation of Powers”
The idea of splitting apart power in government to keep one person or part of government from getting too powerful
What was a social contract?
An agreement between a government and the people it governs where the people give up some of their rights to the government in exchange for protection
What was an Enlightened Despot?
A ruler with absolute power who tried to help the people and rule according to Enlightenment ideas
Who was the thinker who believed in separation of powers?
Montesquieu
Who was the thinker who came up with the idea of natural rights?
John Locke
Who was Mary Wollstonecraft and what did she do?
She was a feminist who wrote about women’s rights and believed that they had a right to an education
Why is Joseph II of Austria considered an Enlightened Despot?
Because he freed the serfs, abolished the death penalty, gave freedom of the press, and banned torture in his country
Places where Enlightenment thinkers and artists met to discuss their ideas were known as
Salons
During the Enlightenment, what “right,” or idea, were women fighting for? a. The right to vote b. The right to free speech c. The right to education d. The right to have abortions
C. Women were fighting for the right to an education
Where did the Enlightenment mostly have its roots in?
The Renaissance
John Locke believed that everyone had a right to ______
Life, liberty, and property
How did John Locke influence the writers of the Declaration of Independence?
His idea of natural rights and the social contract (i.e. the part about people having the right to rebel against their government)
Make your wager
Final Answer
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