European Exploration

Last updated over 4 years ago

40 questions

European Exploration

Last updated over 4 years ago

40 questions

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Why did European kings initially fund voages of Exploration?

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1

How was the school of navigation helpful in exploration?

1

Create or find a meme showing the decline of the Portuguese empire.

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1

How did the new route to the Indian Ocean effect trade?

1

What is a cash crop?

1

Think back to the history of slavery assignment. Describe the life of slaves on a sugar plantation.

2

1

Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand financed voyages for da Gama.

1

Why did Spain want to convert natives to Catholicism?

1

2

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Would you have given Magellan credit for circumnavigating the world?

1

What does circumnavigate mean?

1

Why did Aztec rivals make alliances with the Spanish?

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1

Historians are not exactly sure of all the places that de Soto travelled to. Why do you think they don't know for sure?

2

5

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!

1

Why were peninsulares the only ones allowed to have power?

1

Why would Creoles resent this colonial system?

1

What is the difference between Mestizos and Mulattos?

1

Compare the treatment of native Americans by the Spanish to the treatment of people conquered by the Chinese. (Give details)

1

What did Bartolome de las Casas want to change in the colonies?

1

How were the Dutch and the Portuguese empires similar?

1

How was New Amsterdam's culture unique in this historical period?

1

The Dutch East India Company's primary focus was

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2

According to the map what was France's two North American colonies called?

1

1

How was the school of navigation helpful in exploration?

1

Create or find a meme showing the decline of the Portuguese empire.

1

Which direction did the Portuguese sail to find a direct route to the Indian Ocean?

1

1

Who controlled trade on the Indian Ocean before the Portuguese took over?

1

How did the new route to the Indian Ocean effect trade?

1

Who lost power due to the new trade routes?

1

What is a cash crop?

1

Think back to the history of slavery assignment. Describe the life of slaves on a sugar plantation.

2

What do Spain and Portugal have in common?

1

Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand financed voyages for da Gama.

1

Why did Spain want to convert natives to Catholicism?

0

Would you have given Magellan credit for circumnavigating the world?

1

What does circumnavigate mean?

1

Why did Aztec rivals make alliances with the Spanish?

7

Match up the explorers we have talked about so far

1

Historians are not exactly sure of all the places that de Soto travelled to. Why do you think they don't know for sure?

2

The Isthmus of Panama connects which two major bodies of water?

5

More Explorers (includes previous units)

5

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!

1

Why were peninsulares the only ones allowed to have power?

1

Why would Creoles resent this colonial system?

1

What is the difference between Mestizos and Mulattos?

1

Compare the treatment of native Americans by the Spanish to the treatment of people conquered by the Chinese. (Give details)

1

What did Bartolome de las Casas want to change in the colonies?

1

How were the Dutch and the Portuguese empires similar?

1

How was New Amsterdam's culture unique in this historical period?

1

The Dutch East India Company's primary focus was

1

What type of economic system was used by both the British and Dutch?

1

Who had the best navy in the world during the period of exploration and colonization?

1

Which man was an English explorer in the New World?

1

What was the first permanant English settlement in the New World?

2

According to the map what was France's two North American colonies called?

1

Which empire controlled trade between Europe, Asia and Africa by the late 1400s?

Which technologies helped Europeans find success in exploration?

Which direction did the Portuguese sail to find a direct route to the Indian Ocean?

Who controlled trade on the Indian Ocean before the Portuguese took over?

Who lost power due to the new trade routes?

What do Spain and Portugal have in common?

Where did Columbus think he landed when he found Hispaniola?

Which way to Columbus sail to find India?

Which continents are named after Vespucci?

Match up the explorers we have talked about so far

The Isthmus of Panama connects which two major bodies of water?

More Explorers (includes previous units)