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CHAPTER 2 HISTORY Flashcards

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Who was Leif Eriksson?

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Viking who landed in present day Canada

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Who was prince Henry the navigator?

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Portuguese prince who established a school of navigation and paid for expeditions

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What is a astrolabe?

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A device used to determine the location based on the position if the stars

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What is a caravel?

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Portuguese ships that used triangular sails to sail against the wind

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Who were the first Europeans to make contact with North America?

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The Vikings

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What year did Leif Eriksson set off for Greenland?

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1000

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In what year did Portugal become a leader in world exploration?

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The early 1400s

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8
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Why did the Europeans explore the world?

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The wanted spices

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What was the first sea route from Europe to Asia?

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Down the west coast of Africa and around the cape of good hope

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Who was Vasco Di Gama?

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He led an expedition in 1497 around the southern tip of Africa and reached India.

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What was one positive effect of the Portuguese expeditions?

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Portugals wealth and power increased

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What was one negative effect of the Portuguese expeditions?

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They led to the spread of slave trade

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Christopher Columbus

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A sailor from Genoa Italy( Europe)

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Line of Demarcation

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An imaginary boundary in the Atlantic dividing Spain and Portugal

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What were the years of Columbus travels to the new world?

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1492 till 1504

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16
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Why did Spain agree to sponsor Columbus expedition?

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They got great things in return

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Why was the line of Demarcation replaced with the Treaty Of Tordesillas?

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The Portueguese prince believed it wasnt enough

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Whose crew was the first to Circumnavigate the world?

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Ferdinand Magellan

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19
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Where did Balboa reach and why did he call it that?

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Pacific ocean because its calm like to pacify a baby

20
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Why did the Europeans need a new route to Asia? Why couldnt they go through land or Mediterranean sea?

A

They needed to pay extra taxes that way

21
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Who attacked the Aztecs?

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Hernan Cortes

22
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Who attacked the Incas?

A

Francisco Pizzaro

23
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Define: Conquistador

A

Spanish soldiers that led military expeditions in the Americas

24
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Define: Hemisphere

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Half

25
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Define: Plantation

A

Large field that grows one type of plant

26
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Who was Moctezuma?

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Ruler of the Aztec Empire

27
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Who was the priest that encouraged better treatment of the Native Americans?

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Bartolme de las casas

28
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Define: Columbian Exchange

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The transfer of plants and animals between Europe, Asia, Africa, and America

29
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Define:Triangular trade route

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The exchange of goods between Europe Africa and America

30
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What were items brought from the Americas?

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Corn, Turkey, Squash and Potatoes

31
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What were items brought from Europe?

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Cattle, Diseases, Horses, Grains, Sugarcane

32
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What do the three GS identify?

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Glory- Power Gospel- Spreading Culture Gold- Riches

33
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Who was convinced that they had not reached Asia but a “New World?”

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Amerigo Vespucci

34
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Encomienda System

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A system that gave settlers the right to tax Native Americans

35
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Which preist wanted to convert Nativa Americans to Christanity?

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Bartolme De Las Casas

36
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What were the farms the Spanish operated in America called?

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Plantations

37
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What Spanish system gave settlers the right to tax Local Native Americans?

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Encomienda System

38
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Which conquistador conquered the Inca Empire and how did he do it?

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Francisco Pizzaro

Alliances and good weapons

39
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Who was the king of the Aztec Empire when the conquistadors arrived in Mexico?

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Moctezuma

40
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Who was the conquistador that conquered the Aztec Empire and who helped him?

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Hernan Cortes

Enemies of the Aztecs

41
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What were the spanish soldiers who conquered the Americas called?

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Conquistadors

42
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Immune

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Having a natural resistance to a disease

43
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Middle Passage

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The voyage across the Atlantic that enslaved Africans

44
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African Diaspora

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The scattering of Africans due to slavery

45
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How did the lack of immunity to disease affect the Native Americans peoples?

A

They died

46
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What factors caused colonists to decide to use African slaves?

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  1. Immune
  2. Used to working hard
  3. No family

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