1. European Exploration
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2. A long carefully organized trip or voyage.
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A long carefully organized trip or voyage.
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What is an expedition?
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4. Because of this, European interest in Asia began to grow.
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Because of this, European interest in Asia began to grow.
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What is Marco Polo’s book?
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6. In the 1400’s this improved travel by sea.
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In the 1400’s this improved travel by sea.
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What is technology?
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Finding new trade routes, controlling new lands, establishing colonies, and spreading their religion
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9. What were goals of European
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What were goals of European
exploration ?
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Catholic countries, such as Spain, began converting people in the New World to the Catholic religion.
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11. What was a goal of the Counter Reformation?
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What was a goal of the Counter Reformation?
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12. Present day New York and Albany were colonized by this group.
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Present day New York and Albany were colonized by this group.
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Who were the Dutch?
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Africa, Europe, and the Americas carried goods and enslaved people on this route.
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15. What is the Atlantic Trade Route, or the Triangular Trade Route?
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What is the Atlantic Trade Route, or the Triangular Trade Route?
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England, France, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Russia were all countries that claimed land on these two continents.
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What are the Americas?
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Settlements were built near these two bodies of water to make transporting people and supplies easier.
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19. Why did colonists build settlements near the sea or along a river ?
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Why did colonists build settlements near the sea or along a river ?
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Trade by land was dangerous (bad weather, illness, thieves) and new technology in sailing (magnetic compass, astrolabe, and caravels) improved travel by sea for the Europeans traveling to this continent.
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21. Why did European traders begin to travel to Asia?
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Why did European traders begin to travel to Asia?
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An expedition that began in what is now present day Florida was led by this Spanish explorer.
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23. cTicket What expedition did Juan Ponce de Leon lead?
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24. hTicket This Spanish explorer explored the American Southwest.
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25. Where did Francisco Vasquez de Coronado explore?
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Where did Francisco Vasquez de Coronado explore?
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26. The tool that improved sailing by showing which direction is north.
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The tool that improved sailing by showing which direction is north.
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What is the magnetic compass ?
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Improved technology, like this tool helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location.
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What is the astrolabe?
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30. A water route through North America to the Pacific.
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A water route through North America to the Pacific.
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What is the Northwest Passage?
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An expedition to lands south of where Columbus had landed, and were unknown by Europeans, was accomplished by this explorer.
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Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
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The first crew to complete a circumnavigation was led by this explorer.
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35. Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
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Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
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36. Improved technology, like this type of sail helped sailors change
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Improved technology, like this type
of sail helped sailors change
direction
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What is a caravel?
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An explorer that led an expedition to Florida and later became the first to see the Mississippi River.
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Who is Hernando de Soto ?
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ASpanish explorer who hoped to reach Asia, but landed on the island of San Salvador and called the natives “Indians”
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41. Who is Christopher Columbus?
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Who is Christopher Columbus?
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42. eTicket An area or place ruled by a distant country
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What is a colony?
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To change someone’s or one’s own beliefs
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What is to convert?
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46. oTicket This Spanish explorer/
conqueror took over the wealthy Aztec empire in
what is now Mexico
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Who is Hernando Cortes?
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48. tTicket This Spanish explorer/ conqueror took over the Inca empire in
what is now Peru.
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Who is Francisco Pizarro?
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50. An official document from an authority to do something.
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An official document from
an authority to do something.
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What is a charter?
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