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Chapter 2: New Empires in the Americas
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Exploration Exploration Pt. 2 The Americas Definitions Section 2.4 10 20 30 40 50
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Question Why is the present day United States named after Amerigo Vespucci?
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Answer 1 – 10 A German Mapmaker was impressed with Amerigo Vespucci writings, published a book with a large map showing the new continents Amerigo discovered….. Labeling them “Americas”
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Question What explorer and his crew were the first circumnavigate around the world?
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Answer 1 – 20 Ferdinand Magellan
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Question What was the name of the first island Columbus discovered in the New World?
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Answer 1 – 30 Bahamas
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Question What group of people did Columbus first discover in the New World?
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Answer 1 – 40 Taino
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Question What was the purpose of Columbus’s first voyage?
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Answer 1 – 50 To find a quicker trade route to Asia.
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Question Ferdinand and Isabella were the king and queen of this country? They also funded Columbus’s first voyage to the Americas.
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Answer 2 – 10 Spain
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Question Which ruler gathered experts in navigation, shipbuilding, and sailing in an effort to improve navigational techniques?
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Answer 2 – 20 Prince Henry or Prince Henry the Navigator
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Question In the 1400s, what Italian city held a monopoly on European trade with Asia?
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Answer 2 – 30 Venice
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Question The Portuguese set up trading posts along the coast of which continent?
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Answer 2 – 40 Africa
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Question With Portugal’s funding, what explorer successfully rounded Africa’s Cape of Good Hope (Southern Tip of Africa)?
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Answer 2 – 50 Vasco De Gama
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Question The transfer of new plants, animals, and diseases from Europe to the New World (vice-versa) is known as what?
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Answer 3 – 10 Columbian Exchange
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Question Who were Spanish soldiers in search of riches who conquered much of New Spain?
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Answer 3 – 20 The Conquistadores
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Question What was the name of the Conquistadores who defeated the Aztec Empire?
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Answer 3 – 30 Hernan Cortes
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Question The system that forced Native Americans into slavery is known as what?
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Answer 3 – 40 Encomienda System
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Question What Priest advocated and defended the rights of the Native Americans in New Spain?
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Answer 3 – 50 Bartolome de Las Casas
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Question What is the term that means to travel around the Earth?
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Answer 4 – 10 Circumnavigate
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Question Large farms specializing in growing one crop is called?
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Answer 4 – 20 Plantations
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Question What instrument did the navigators used in the 1400s to determine their ships positions according to the position of the stars?
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Answer 4 – 30 Astrolabe
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Question Columbus first voyage to the New World took him approximately how many days?
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Answer 4 – 40 33 Days
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Question Towns that served as trading posts and sometimes as the center of local government were called?
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Answer 4 – 50 Pueblos
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Question What German priest and others started a religious movement known as the Protestant Reformation?
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Answer 5 – 10 Martin Luther
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Question Martin Luther translated the Bible from Latin to:
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Answer 5 – 20 German
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Question Spain’s position as a world power ended when what was destroyed by British ships?
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Answer 5 – 30 Spanish Armada
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Question New York City was originally named:
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Answer 5 – 40 New Netherland
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Question What happened to the English Colony of Roanoke:
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Answer 5 – 50 First Colony: Failed because fighting with Native Americans and lack of food Second Colony: Unknown Reason
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