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Chapter 1 - Exploration and Settlement in a New Land Flashcards

1
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what day did Christopher Columbus discover America

A

October 12 1492

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2
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when did Leif Ericson on land on the shores of North America

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A.D. 1000

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3
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what was the group that tried to drive the Muslims from the Holy land in the middle east and to restore it to could send Christendom

A

crusade

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4
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what did the Crusades actually revive

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The crusades revived European interest in trade with the east (the orient)

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5
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what arose because of the Crusades reviving trade in the East

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The middle class

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6
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Son of an Italian merchant who companied his father and his uncle on a trip to China

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Marco Polo

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7
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Who did Marco polo spend nearly 20 years in the service of

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Kublai Khan

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8
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what was the rebirth of learning in the 1300s in Europe

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The Renaissance

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9
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what did the renaissance emphasize? Whom did they ignore?

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The renaissance emphasized the abilities of mankind; they ignored God

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10
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in what ways did the Renaissance help to set the stage for the discovery of the New World

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The Renaissance helped to set the stage for the discovery of the New World because they made better maps
improved rudders. The science of navigation at sea greatly improved. Two important inventions were the astrolabe and the compass

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11
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Who invented the movable type printing press and when

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Johahn Gutenberg in 1440

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12
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what was the first book Gutenberg printed

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The Bible

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13
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which invention brought Europe out of the dark ages and into the modern age

A

The movable-

type printing press

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14
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Who founded a navigation school and sent out several ships to explore the western coast of Africa

A

Prince Henry the navigator

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15
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when was the Protestant Reformation

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1517

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16
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why did protestant reformation start

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because Martin Luther protested false doctrines of the church by nailing the 95 theses to the church door in Wittenburg, Germany

17
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where did Christopher Columbus land

A

San Salvador

18
Q

did Christopher Columbus finally persuade

A

Fernand and Isabella of Spain

19
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why did he call the native people Indians

A

because he thought he was in the west Indies

20
Q

which two West Indian islands did Columbus discover

A

Cuba and is Hispaniola

21
Q

Who was Italian sailor who

America was named for

A

Amerigo Vespucci

22
Q

Who led armies of Spanish soldiers to subdue the native inhabitants

A

conquistadors

23
Q

Who is the conquer and governor of Puerto Rico who made the first Spanish Landing on the mainland of North America

A

Ponce de León

24
Q

what did Vasco de Balboa discover

A

The Pacific Ocean

25
Q

Who let an expedition around the world

A

Ferdinand Magellan

26
Q

Who conquered the Aztec Indians

A

Hernando Cortés

27
Q

Who was the powerful chieftain of the Aztecs

A

Montezuma

28
Q

Who who conquered the Incas

A

Francisco Pizarro

29
Q

Who searched for the treasures of the legendary cities and discovered the Grand Canyon

A

Francisco Coronado

30
Q

Who discovered the Mississippi

A

Hernando de Soto

31
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Who explored the coast of California

A

Cabrillo

32
Q

Pedro Menéndez founded blank, Florida, the first permanent European settlement in the present-day United States

A

Saint Augustine

33
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blank, New Mexico founded in 1610 served as the capital of the Spanish colonies in the American southwest

A

Santa Fe

34
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what was the first European settlement in California

A

San Diego

35
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what did the Spanish leave in The Americas

A

language and culture

36
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Under blank and his son Blak n, Spain became the most powerful nation in the world

A

Charles the fifth and his son Philip the second

37
Q

Who became Spains chief rival at the sea

A

England

38
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under the leadership of blank England became a threat to the financial well-being of the Spanish Empire

A

Elizabeth the first

39
Q

Who was the person who attacked Spanish ships bound for Spain from the New World

A

Sir Francis Drake

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