Term
| How did the Vikings navigate? Give three ways. |
|
Definition
| Latitude sailing, sun compass, hand method. |
|
|
Term
| Give one method used by Islanders to navigate. |
|
Definition
| wave patterns determine where islands were, star paths, specific fish, and shore birds. |
|
|
Term
| Give three inventions used by early navigators. |
|
Definition
| stick charts, sun compass, astrolabe. |
|
|
Term
| How did belief in the legend of Quetzalcoatl cause the downfall of the Aztecs? |
|
Definition
| They are defeated almost before they start because how can you fight a god. |
|
|
Term
| What direction did Prince Henry sail to reach the Orient? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What direction did Columbus said to reach the Orient? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Cartographers believed the glove had #_____○ degrees. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Cartographers said that there were #___ meridians around the earth. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Bartholomeu Dias sailed around ___________________? |
|
Definition
| The Southern tip of Africa. |
|
|
Term
| Vasco da Gama sailed around Africa to ______. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What improved instrument helped sailors judge Longitude? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Why was Columbus reluctant to tell his men the distance they had traveled? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Why did the Tainos become nearly extinct after the Europeans arrived? |
|
Definition
| Diseases, brutal treatment by the Spanish. |
|
|
Term
| What happened to the European population at the same time they arrived? |
|
Definition
| There was an abundance of crops from the US so the population increased. |
|
|
Term
| How do the physical features of corn help itgrow in a variety of soild and climates? |
|
Definition
| Reach deep into the soil, tough outer covering. |
|
|
Term
| What does each corn plant produce a lot of? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Wen it is properly ______, corn will remain edible for a long time. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What civilization were Potatoes grown by? Maya, Aztec, or Inca? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| How did Dona Marina help to bring down the Aztec empire? |
|
Definition
| She explained the history of the native people as well as the legend of Quetzalcoatl. She was a translator. |
|
|
Term
| What occurances had been interpreted as omens signalling the return of Quetzalcoatl? |
|
Definition
| Comet, waves in the lake, flames shot through the sky. |
|
|
Term
| How did Las Casas's plan to help free native Americans extend slavery rather than eliminate it? |
|
Definition
| Now Africans would be brought to the new world as slaves. Now two groups of people would be mistreated. |
|
|
Term
| How did Marquette know that the calumet was greatly respected by the Illinois? |
|
Definition
| Even the middle of a battle tribes would stop fighting when they saw it. |
|
|
Term
| The Dutch originally settled an area that is part of which state today? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| How did the Dutch colony's governor obtain the right to settle on the island? |
|
Definition
| Traded with the Native American for the land that became known as Manhattan Island. |
|
|
Term
| What was the advantage of having control of the Hudson River Valley? |
|
Definition
| The Dutch would control the river. A major highway for trade. |
|
|
Term
| What problem did the location of the Dutch colony create for the Engish? Hoe did the English resolve the problem? |
|
Definition
| The Dutch colony was between the English colonies in New England and the souther colonies. The English took over the colony in 1664 from the Dutch. It was renamed New York. |
|
|
Term
| The Church that Henry VIII setup was called? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| The trading system that favored the mother country in trade with its colonies was called? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| The battle that changed the balance of power in Europe in 1588 was? |
|
Definition
| Defeat of the Spanish Armada. |
|
|
Term
| In New France, the French clonies were interested in? |
|
Definition
| Trading for furs with the Native Americans. |
|
|
Term
| The Dutch colony in the New World was called? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| The first Europeans to visit the Americas were? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| One ship under the command of this explorer was the first to circumnavigate the globe. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| The transfer of people, products, and ideas between hemispheres was called? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| A negative effect of the European arrival in the new world was? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| A positive effect of the European arrival in the new world was? |
|
Definition
| New food products would be used in Europe. |
|
|
Term
| Which nation would begine the first empire in the new world? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| The real impact of Columbus's discovery was? |
|
Definition
| Opened the door to European colonization of the Americas. |
|
|
Term
| Juan Ponce de Leon explored which of the following areas? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| One Spaniard that protested against the poor treatment of Native Americans was? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| The highest social class in the Spanish Empire was the? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
What is this country??
[image] |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
