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Exploring the Americas
Chapter 2 Review Game
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100 pts Define: circumnavigate
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100pts To travel around the world
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200pts Define: Renaissance
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200pts An era of cultural creativity; means ‘rebirth’ in French
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300pts Define: caravel
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300pts 3-masted ship
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400pts Define: astrolabe
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400pts Instrument of navigation; used the stars
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500pts Define: strait
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500pts Narrow sea passage
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100pts Who was Marco Polo?
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100pts Explorer of Asia; author of book “Travels”
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200pts Who was Bartholomeu Dias?
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200pts Portuguese explorer who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope (tip of Africa)
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300pts Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
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300pts Led the crew who set off on a journey to circumnavigate the globe; died in the Philippines
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400pts Who was Christopher Columbus?
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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.
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500 pts Who were King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
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500pts Monarchs of Spain; supported explorers
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100pts Who was Henry the Navigator?
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100pts Prince of Portugal; set up a school of exploration
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200pts Who was Martin Luther?
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200pts Protestant Reformer; German; believed good works were not enough; people needed faith to be saved
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300pts Who was Mansa Musa?
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300pts King of the African kingdom of Mali; created a city called Timbuktu that became a center of Islamic learning; traded gold
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400pts Who was Hernando de Soto?
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400pts Spanish conquistador who traveled throughout the southwest of what is now the SE of the US. He got as far as Oklahoma.
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500pts Describe the Columbian Exchange…
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500pts Native cultures and Europeans exchanged crops, animals and diseases as the explorers, missionaries and settlers journeyed between the Americas and Europe.
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100pts What was the Spanish class system like in the Americas?
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100pts Upper class – born in Spain – peninsulares People with Spanish and Native American parents – lower class - mesitzos
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200pts Describe the Protestant Reformation…
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200pts Started by Martin Luther; religious reform movement in Europe; emphasized the importance of faith
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300pts What role did the French have in the Americas?
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300pts Traded with the Native Americas; fur traders
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400pts What role did the Spanish play in the Americas?
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400pts Explore; set up religious missions; set up plantations; took Native Americas as slaves; brought horses and diseases; defeated Aztecs and Incas
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500pts What was the Northwest Passage?
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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.
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100pts Who were the conquistadors?
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100pts Spanish explorers and conquerors
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200pts What was the encomienda system?
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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.
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300pts What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?
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300pts Divided the Americas between Spain and Portugal
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400pts What factors led to the age of exploration and discovery?
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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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