1. Social Studies Chapter 3 Review

2. A waterway in North America thought to connect the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

3. Northwest Passage

4. ____________ is a collection of lands ruled by the nation that won control of them.

5. empire

6. ____________ is a trip taken with the goal of exploring.

7. Expedition

8. _________ is a person who sets up and runs a business.

9. Entrepreneur

10. ________ is a religious teacher sent out by a church to spread its religion.

11. missionary

12. ________ is any Spanish conqueror in the Americas during the early 1500’s.

13. Conquistadors

14. _________ is the science of planning and following a route.

15. Navigation

16. ___________ is the use of scientific knowledge and tools to make or do something.

17. technology

18. _________ is a rebellion against the leader of one’s group.

19. mutiny

20. _______ is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas.

21. Isthums

22. What group of Europeans reached North America about 500 years before Columbus?

23. Vikings

24. Johannes Gutenberg helped spread ideas by developing a ____.

25. Printing press

26. ______ of Spain paid the costs of Columbus’s voyages.

27. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

28. Prince Henry of Portugal started a school of navigation. He hired scientists to improve the ______ needed for exploration.

29. Compass and astrolable

30. European merchants wanted __ and ___ from the Indies to sell to the people of Europe.

31. Silks and spices

32. _______ was looking for a Fountain of Youth.

33. Ponce de Leon

34. Spanish conquistadors were looking for ___ and ____.

35. Land and gold

36. Who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean?

37. Balboa

38. ____ crew was the first to sail around the world.

39. Magellan

40. North and South America was named for ________.

41. Amerigo Vespucci

42. _____ conquered the Aztecs.

43. Hernando Cortez