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1 Exploring the Americas
Chapter 2 Review Game

2 100 pts Define: circumnavigate

3 100pts To travel around the world

4 200pts Define: Renaissance

5 200pts An era of cultural creativity; means ‘rebirth’ in French

6 300pts Define: caravel

7 300pts 3-masted ship

8 400pts Define: astrolabe

9 400pts Instrument of navigation; used the stars

10 500pts Define: strait

11 500pts Narrow sea passage

12 100pts Who was Marco Polo?

13 100pts Explorer of Asia; author of book “Travels”

14 200pts Who was Bartholomeu Dias?

15 200pts Portuguese explorer who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope (tip of Africa)

16 300pts Who was Ferdinand Magellan?

17 300pts Led the crew who set off on a journey to circumnavigate the globe; died in the Philippines

18 400pts Who was Christopher Columbus?

19 400pts Italian explorer who aimed to find a western route to Asia; landed in the Caribbean island of Barbados; sailed in the Santa Maria; Pinta and Nina.

20 500 pts Who were King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?

21 500pts Monarchs of Spain; supported explorers

22 100pts Who was Henry the Navigator?

23 100pts Prince of Portugal; set up a school of exploration

24 200pts Who was Martin Luther?

25 200pts Protestant Reformer; German; believed good works were not enough; people needed faith to be saved

26 300pts Who was Mansa Musa?

27 300pts King of the African kingdom of Mali; created a city called Timbuktu that became a center of Islamic learning; traded gold

28 400pts Who was Hernando de Soto?

29 400pts Spanish conquistador who traveled throughout the southwest of what is now the SE of the US. He got as far as Oklahoma.

30 500pts Describe the Columbian Exchange…

31 500pts Native cultures and Europeans exchanged crops, animals and diseases as the explorers, missionaries and settlers journeyed between the Americas and Europe.

32 100pts What was the Spanish class system like in the Americas?

33 100pts Upper class – born in Spain – peninsulares People with Spanish and Native American parents – lower class - mesitzos

34 200pts Describe the Protestant Reformation…

35 200pts Started by Martin Luther; religious reform movement in Europe; emphasized the importance of faith

36 300pts What role did the French have in the Americas?

37 300pts Traded with the Native Americas; fur traders

38 400pts What role did the Spanish play in the Americas?

39 400pts Explore; set up religious missions; set up plantations; took Native Americas as slaves; brought horses and diseases; defeated Aztecs and Incas

40 500pts What was the Northwest Passage?

41 500pts Europeans thought that there was a water route to the Pacific Ocean in the north of the American continent; explorers hoped to find it.

42 100pts Who were the conquistadors?

43 100pts Spanish explorers and conquerors

44 200pts What was the encomienda system?

45 200pts A right granted to conquistadors to demand taxes and labor from Native Americans on land they had claimed; this difficult labor led to the death of many Natives.

46 300pts What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?

47 300pts Divided the Americas between Spain and Portugal

48 400pts What factors led to the age of exploration and discovery?

49 400pts New technology (ships, navigation tools) Renaissance (idea that people can achieve great things!) Search for new routes to Asia (silk and spices)


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