European Exploration
By Amy C Gilstrap
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40 Questions
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Question 1
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Which empire controlled trade between Europe, Asia and Africa by the late 1400s?
Which empire controlled trade between Europe, Asia and Africa by the late 1400s?
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Question 2
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Why did European kings initially fund voages of Exploration?
Why did European kings initially fund voages of Exploration?
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Question 3
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Which technologies helped Europeans find success in exploration?
Which technologies helped Europeans find success in exploration?
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Question 4
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How was the school of navigation helpful in exploration?
How was the school of navigation helpful in exploration?
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Question 5
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Create or find a meme showing the decline of the Portuguese empire.
Create or find a meme showing the decline of the Portuguese empire.
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Question 6
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Which direction did the Portuguese sail to find a direct route to the Indian Ocean?
Which direction did the Portuguese sail to find a direct route to the Indian Ocean?
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Question 7
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| arrow_right_alt | first to reach the southern tip of Africa | |
| arrow_right_alt | first to sail around Africa to India and back |
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Question 8
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Who controlled trade on the Indian Ocean before the Portuguese took over?
Who controlled trade on the Indian Ocean before the Portuguese took over?
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Question 9
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How did the new route to the Indian Ocean effect trade?
How did the new route to the Indian Ocean effect trade?
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Question 10
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Who lost power due to the new trade routes?
Who lost power due to the new trade routes?
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Question 11
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What is a cash crop?
What is a cash crop?
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Question 12
12.
Think back to the history of slavery assignment. Describe the life of slaves on a sugar plantation.
Think back to the history of slavery assignment. Describe the life of slaves on a sugar plantation.
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Question 13
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What do Spain and Portugal have in common?
What do Spain and Portugal have in common?
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Question 14
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Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand financed voyages for da Gama.
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand financed voyages for da Gama.
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Question 15
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Why did Spain want to convert natives to Catholicism?
Why did Spain want to convert natives to Catholicism?
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Question 16
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Where did Columbus think he landed when he found Hispaniola?
Where did Columbus think he landed when he found Hispaniola?
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Question 17
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Which way to Columbus sail to find India?
Which way to Columbus sail to find India?
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Question 18
18.
Which continents are named after Vespucci?
Which continents are named after Vespucci?
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Question 19
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Would you have given Magellan credit for circumnavigating the world?
Would you have given Magellan credit for circumnavigating the world?
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Question 20
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What does circumnavigate mean?
What does circumnavigate mean?
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Question 21
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Why did Aztec rivals make alliances with the Spanish?
Why did Aztec rivals make alliances with the Spanish?
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Question 22
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Match up the explorers we have talked about so far
Match up the explorers we have talked about so far
| arrow_right_alt | conquered the Inca | |
| arrow_right_alt | conquered the Aztecs | |
| arrow_right_alt | discovered the New World trying to get to India | |
| arrow_right_alt | map maker and explorer who realized Columbus had found a new land | |
| arrow_right_alt | (Portugal) found a direct route to India by going south around the tip of Africa | |
| arrow_right_alt | (Portugal) first to sail to the Cape of Good Hope (bottom tip of Africa) | |
| arrow_right_alt | credited with being the first to circumnavigate the world |
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Question 23
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Historians are not exactly sure of all the places that de Soto travelled to. Why do you think they don't know for sure?
Historians are not exactly sure of all the places that de Soto travelled to. Why do you think they don't know for sure?
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Question 24
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The Isthmus of Panama connects which two major bodies of water?
The Isthmus of Panama connects which two major bodies of water?
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Question 25
25.
More Explorers (includes previous units)
More Explorers (includes previous units)
| arrow_right_alt | explored North America from Florida to SC, over to Mississippi | |
| arrow_right_alt | Chinese explorer who sailed the Indian Ocean to Africa | |
| arrow_right_alt | Italian who went to China, but no one believed his stories of how awesome China was | |
| arrow_right_alt | Muslim explorer who also went to China, everyone believed his book | |
| arrow_right_alt | First European to cross the Isthmus of Panama |
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Question 26
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Draw a picture of the Spanish spending the gold and silver they found in the Americas. Remember they used Natives for labor. Show that only the king and queen got to enjoy the riches. Label your picture!
Draw a picture of the Spanish spending the gold and silver they found in the Americas. Remember they used Natives for labor. Show that only the king and queen got to enjoy the riches. Label your picture!
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Question 27
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Why were peninsulares the only ones allowed to have power?
Why were peninsulares the only ones allowed to have power?
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Question 28
28.
Why would Creoles resent this colonial system?
Why would Creoles resent this colonial system?
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Question 29
29.
What is the difference between Mestizos and Mulattos?
What is the difference between Mestizos and Mulattos?
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Question 30
30.
Compare the treatment of native Americans by the Spanish to the treatment of people conquered by the Chinese. (Give details)
Compare the treatment of native Americans by the Spanish to the treatment of people conquered by the Chinese. (Give details)
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Question 31
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What did Bartolome de las Casas want to change in the colonies?
What did Bartolome de las Casas want to change in the colonies?
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Question 32
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How were the Dutch and the Portuguese empires similar?
How were the Dutch and the Portuguese empires similar?
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Question 33
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How was New Amsterdam's culture unique in this historical period?
How was New Amsterdam's culture unique in this historical period?
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Question 34
34.
The Dutch East India Company's primary focus was
The Dutch East India Company's primary focus was
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Question 35
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What type of economic system was used by both the British and Dutch?
What type of economic system was used by both the British and Dutch?
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Question 36
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Who had the best navy in the world during the period of exploration and colonization?
Who had the best navy in the world during the period of exploration and colonization?
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Question 37
37.
Which man was an English explorer in the New World?
Which man was an English explorer in the New World?
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Question 38
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What was the first permanant English settlement in the New World?
What was the first permanant English settlement in the New World?
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Question 39
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According to the map what was France's two North American colonies called?
According to the map what was France's two North American colonies called?
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Question 40
40.
| arrow_right_alt | Fur trade | |
| arrow_right_alt | plantation agriculture and slave trade | |
| arrow_right_alt | French explorer founder of Montreal |