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| someone who buys & sells goods for a living |
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| instrument that measures latitude |
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| money you make (have left over) after a sale |
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ship w/
triangular & square sails |
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maps lines that go
north / south |
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map lines that go
east / west |
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Why was Africa
important for trade? |
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| What did Prince Henry believe about trade for Portugal? |
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| Ships could sail along the western coast of Africa |
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| What did Prince Henry set up in Portugal? |
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| A school where experts worked on the problems of navigation |
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| Where were the Portuguese the first to explore? |
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| coast of Africa & Indian Ocean |
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| Who were the 1st European explorers to reach North America? |
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| Where the Vikings form settlements? |
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| Why was travel difficult in the Middle Ages? |
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| Most roads were muddy paths & they were dangerous. |
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| What did Asia have that Europeans did not have? |
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| What did the Polo family (including Marco Polo) do? |
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Traveled thousands of
miles to China |
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| How did people in Venice, Italy find out what Marco Polo had seen? |
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| Someone named Rustichello wrote a book about it. |
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| A famous path that connected Asia to Europe |
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| Why was it so difficult to travel to Asia? |
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It took a lot of
time & money. |
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born in Italy
father was a weaver |
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Columbus:
Reasons for Sailing |
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| find a new route to Asia going west |
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left Spain in 1492
3 ships
90 men |
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| Spain: King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella |
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1st European
n Age of Exploration
to find N. America |
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Where did
Ponce De Leon sail? |
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Spain to Florida
(across Atlantic Ocean) |
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| Where did Portuguese explorers sail? |
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From Portugal
around Africa to Asia |
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Spain to Bahamas
(across Atlantic Ocean) |
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Spain across Atlantic, between
North & South America
to the Pacific Ocean |
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| England to Hudson River and New Foundland (Canada) |
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| What is the Columbian Exchange? |
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The goods or resources moved between
Europe & Americas
after Columbus' voyage |
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| What was brought from the Old World (Europe) to the New World (Americas)? |
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| wheat, rice, bananas, onions, sugar, olives, cucumbers, lettuce, grapes, diseases (small pox) |
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What was brought from the New World (Americas)
to Old World (Eurpore)? |
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| tomotoes, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, pineapple, turkeys, squirrels, peppers, avocado, chocolate, beans, vanilla, peanuts, pumpkins |
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Ponce de Leon:
early life |
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born in Spain,
sailed w/ C. Columbus then
lived in Dominican Republican |
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Ponce de Leon:
Reasons for Sailing |
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gold, land for Spain,
fountain of youth |
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left Puerto Rico in 1513,
3 ships,
200 men |
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| 1st European to go to Florida |
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born in Italy,
moved to England |
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Cabot:
Reasons for Sailing |
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looking for
Northwest Passage |
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Cabot:
Voyage, Land, Found, Sponsor |
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1497-1498
landed in New Foundland
found fishing ground (cod)
Sponsored by England
(King Henry VII) |
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Balboa:
Early life &
Reasons for Sailing |
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born in Spain;
looking for loot & land |
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Balboa:
Landed in & Found |
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| Panama then Pacific Ocean, 1st Eurporean to cross land to reach the Pacific (walked across Panama) |
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Cartier:
early life & reason for sailing |
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expert French sailor
looking for NW Passage & land for France |
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Cartier:
Voyage & Sponsor |
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1534
61 men
3 ships
sponsored by
France (King Frances I) |
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Cartier:
Landed in & Found |
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| St. Lawrence River, Iroquois Indians, fur trade, |
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What is the
Northwest Passage? |
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| waterway that connects Atlantic Ocean & Pacific Ocean |
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Hudson:
Early life & Reason for Sailing |
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born in England,
looking for NW Passage |
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Hudson:
Landed In & Found |
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found Hudson River & Hudson Bay |
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4 voyages from 1608-1610,
ship named Half Moon,
sponsored by England/Dutch |
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| What effect did Marco Polo's travels & book have on Europeans? |
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| It inspired people to go to Asia to find silk, spices, & goods |
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| Why were Europeans exploring in late 1400s? |
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| to find land & another route to Asia |
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| 2 tools that helped sailors |
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| astrolabe, compass, caravel |
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| What contribution did Portuguese explorers make to European trade? |
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| found a sea route to Asia, made caravel ship, set up navigation school |
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| Why did King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella finally pay for Columbus' voyage? |
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| because Columbus was going to the King of France & they didn't want to risk losing benefit of the voyage if it succeeded |
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| Where did Colubus land? Where did he think he had landed? |
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landed in Bahamas & San Salvador
thought he was in Indies |
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Why were the Spanish so interested in exploring
the Americas? |
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to find NW Passage,
claim land, get gold |
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| What was the Northwest Passage? Which countries were searching for it? |
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route to Asia past America
England, Spain, Portugal |
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| What were the main results of Europeans encountering Natives of North & South Americans? |
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What parts of Americas were explored & claimed by Spain?
What did they find? |
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Florida, Bahamas, Panama
gold,
Native Americans |
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| What were the English & French looking for in North America? Did they find it? What did they explore? |
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looking for NW Passage
(did not find it)
explored Hudson River
(New York) |
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