Chapter 2 Packet questions Flashcards
What is a Caravel?
A small, fast, ship with a wide brow
What is Classical?
Relating to Ancient Greece and Rome
What is a strait?
A narrow passageway connecting two larger bodies of water
What are pueblo?
A home or community of homes built by Native Americans
What is a plantation?
A large estate run by an owner or manager and farmed by laborers who lived there
What is the Northwest Passage?
A water route to Asia through North America sought by European explorers
What is the Renaissance?
A period of intellectual and artistic creativity, c. 1300-1600
What is a pilgrimage?
A journey to a holy land
What does circumnavigate mean?
To sail around the world
What is a mission?
A religious settlement
What is mercantilism?
The theory that a state’s or nation’s power depended on its wealth
What is technology?
The application of scientific discoveries to practical use
What is a mosque?
A Muslim house of worship
What is a conquistador?
Spanish explorer in the Americas in the 1500s
What is a presidio?
Spanish fort in the Americas built to protect mission settlement
What is the Columbian Exchange?
An exchange of goods, ideas, and people between Europe and the Americas
What is an astrolabe?
An instrument used by sailors to observe positions of the stars
What is the line of demarcation?
An imaginary line running down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean from the North Pole to South Pole dividing the Americas between Spain and Portugal
What is a tribute?
Money paid for protection
What is an encomienda?
A system of rewarding conquistadors with tracts of land and the right to tax and demand labor form the Native Americans who lived on the land
Who was Christopher Columbus?
Born in Genoa, Italy, thought he could get to Asia by sailing west, Crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, trying to go to Asia, landed in America instead, Traveled as far north as the Arctic Circle and as far south as the Gold Coast, financed by Queen Isabella of Spain, agreed that Christopher had to spread Christianity to any lands he found, and had to give Spain some of the riches he gained
Who was Cabeza de Vaca?
A Spanish conquistador who died trying to find gold and the “fountain of youth”
Who was Hernando de Soto?
Spanish conquistador who lead the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States, was the first European documented to have crossed the Mississippi River
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
A Portuguese mariner to lead an expedition of 5 ships, headed west across the Atlantic, and then south along the eastern coast of South America, found Strait of Magellan, named the Pacific Ocean
