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2. JEOPARDY – The Age of Exploration
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3. A _________________ made it possible for sailors to find their latitude and longitude for the first time.
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4. What is the sextant?
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5. The main reason Europeans wanted to get to Asia quickly and more cheaply was for _____________.
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6. What is trade?
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7. The name for the new ship the Portuguese developed in order to sail faster was the _______________.
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8. What is caravel?
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9. Europeans sought a new trade route to Asia because traveling overland routes suddenly became ____________ .
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10. What is expensive?
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11. Before Christopher Columbus, European traders normally traveled in this direction to reach Asia.
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12. What is east?
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13. Columbus’s voyage proved that the Earth is _________.
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14. What is round?
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15. John Cabot hoped to discover ___________.
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16. What is the Northwest Passage?
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17. Henry Hudson was hired by this company to find the Northwest Passage.
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18. What is the Dutch East India Company?
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19. _____________explored and named Florida.
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20. Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
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21. ______________came across Lake Michigan during his search for the Northwest Passage.
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22. Who is Jean Nicolet?
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23. A Portuguese ____________ would benefit if sailors found a new route to Asia by being able to trade more easily?
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24. What is a merchant?
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25. Sailors use ___________to figure out the direction a ship is going and o follow routes at sea.
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26. What is navigation?
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27. Spanish explorers _________________Native Americans, forcing them to work without pay.
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28. What is enslaved?
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29. Each _____________________sent by Spain tried to persuade Native Americans to accept religious beliefs.
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30. What is a missionary?
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31. To help New France survive, Samuel de Champlain decided to become an _______________, or political or military partner, of Native Americans in the area.
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32. What is an ally?
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33. Which geographic feature did Columbus NOT explore?
The Bahamas Islands
The Gulf of Mexico
The Caribbean Sea
South America
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34. What is the Gulf of Mexico?
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35. Spread the Christian religion Win their own empire
The Spanish explored South America and conquered the Inca Empire in order to….
Find more gold
Help the Aztec
Spread the Christian religion
Win their own empire
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36. What is “to find more gold”
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37. Brought new religious ideas
French missionaries were different from Spanish missionaries because they…..
Brought new religious ideas
Came to the New World for religious reasons
Did not try to change Native Americans’ ways of life
Were European
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38. What is they did not try to change Native Americans’ ways of life?
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39. The Northwest Passage was thought to lead to __________
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
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40. What is Asia?
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41. Giovanni da Verrazano was an Italian that sailed for the___________
Spanish
Italians
French
Dutch
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42. What is the French?
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43. Ms. DeVriendt’s childhood dog was named_______________
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44. Who is Danny?
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45. Ms. DeVriendt taught _______ grade last year.
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46. What is 4th?
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47. Ms. DeVriendt’s favorite movie is ____________.
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48. What is School of Rock?
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49. Pick a number 1-10.
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50. If you picked 1-5: +300 points If you picked 6-10: -300 points
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51. Surprise!
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52. +1000 points!
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