604 Q1 Flashcards

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Who established a Portuguese navigation school?

A

Prince Henry

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“Colony”

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A settlement begun by another country

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Christopher Columbus was trying to find what, when he found the New World?

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A water route to the Indian Ocean (and East Indies)

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During the exploration/settling of America, what people died because they were not immune to the diseases of the other group?

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The native americans

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5
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Who discovered the “South Sea”?

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Vasco de Balboa

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Most of the explorers who came to America sought what?

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Wealth, and cared little for the natives

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What did Columbus bring with him on later voyages?

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Priests, to convert the indians

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How much gold did Christopher Columbus find?

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very little

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“Demarcation”

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A setting of boundaries

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“Scurvy”

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a disease caused by lack of fresh veggies (EAT YOUR VEGGIES!)

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Who sailed west to reach the east in 1492

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Christopher Columbus

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At the time of of Columbus’s Voyage, no Europeans had seen what ocean?

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the Pacific Ocean

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What did European’s learn from Pigafetta’s precise diary?

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That a person traveling around the world, will lose/gain a day

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The existence/size of the Pacific Ocean, taught Europeans what?

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Most of the earth’s surface was covered with water

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The Pope gave what control over the lands that Columbus discovered?

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Spain

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Who discovered the “South Sea”?

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Vasco de Balboa

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Where did the first permanent European settlement in America begin?

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Hispaniola

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“Conquistadors”

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Spanish conquerors

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Whose ships sailed around the world?

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Ferdinand Magellan

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“Age”

A

specific period of time

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How many voyages did Christopher Columbus make to the New World?

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“Isthmus”

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narrow strip of land between two bodies of water

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European explorers had an increasing knowledge of the oceans during what?

A

Age of Exploration

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In what year did Christopher Columbus sail?

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Christopher Columbus established what in the New World?
A colony
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What did Magellan's need to spend June, July, and August in Argentina teach Europeans?
Seasons are reversed, south of the equator
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"Strait"
The narrow strip of water between two bodies of land
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Who reached the West coast of India in 1498
Vasco da Gama
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Columbus estimated that the earth's circumference was about how much less than it actually is?
6,000 miles less
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who claimed Brazil for Portugal?
Pedro Cabral
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The king of which country refused to support Columbus's voyage?
King of Portugal
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What did European's learn from Magellan being able to sell west and arrive back at his starting point?
The earth was round
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A ship sailing which direction with LOSE a day?
West
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"Caravel"
a light, narrow ship
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What river did convinced Columbus that he had found a new continent?
The Orinoco River
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The Line of Demarcation was established by who?
The Pope
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Christopher Columbus found what place?
The New World
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"Navigate" means
to drive/pilot a ship
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How did changes in life in Europe and America after Christopher Columbus's discovery affect Native Americans?
They were not beneficial to the Native Americans
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Who supported Columbus's voyages?
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
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Who named the Pacific Ocean?
Ferdinand Magellan