Chapter 2 Study Cards

Question 0

What invention helped the book Travels become published all over Europe?

Answer 0

The movable type printing press

Question 1

What two things did Marco Polo do for a living?

Answer 1

Explorer and author

Question 2

What two things did the Portuguese trade for in West Africa?

Answer 2

Gold and slaves

Question 3

The age of exploration and discovery in Europe was called the…?

Answer 3

Renaissance

Question 4

Why did the Portuguese most want to explore the world?

Answer 4

To find new trade routes to Asia

Question 5

Where was the Gold Coast?

Answer 5

West Africa

Question 6

What explorer completed the eastern sea route to Asia around Africa?

Answer 6

Vasco de Gama’s

Question 7

What were the three ships that Columbus sailed with?

Answer 7

Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

Question 8

What country’s flag was high on the ship of Columbus on his voyage?

Answer 8

Spain

Question 9

What European group landed in North America long before Columbus?

Answer 9

Vikings

Question 10

What treaty allowed Spain to have first right to claim North and South America?

Answer 10

Treaty of Tordesillas

Question 11

Where does the term “America” comes from?

Answer 11

Explorer Amerigo Vespucci

Question 12

Whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the world?

Answer 12

Magellan’s

Question 13

Who was the first Spaniard to reach the mainland of North America?

Answer 13

Juan ponce de Leon

Question 14

Juan Ponce de Leon searched for Gold and what…?

Answer 14

Fountain of youth

Question 15

What empire did Hernan Cortes destroy?

Answer 15

Aztec

Question 16

Why did many Native Americans die after the European arrival?

Answer 16

Disease

Question 17

How far west did Hernando de Soto reach?

Answer 17

Oklahoma

Question 18

What was the encomienda?

Answer 18

The right to demand taxes or labor from Native Americans

Question 19

Who thought the treatment of Native Americans by the Spanish was cruel?

Answer 19

Martin Luther

Question 20

What was the religious and historical movement when the Christian church split into
Catholic and Protestant groups?

Answer 20

Protestant Reformation

Question 21

What was the Columbian Exchange?

Answer 21

Exchange of plants, animals, and diseases

Question 22

What countries looked for a Northwest Passage to Asia?

Answer 22

England, France, and the Netherlands

Question 23

Quebec was established by which nation?

Answer 23

France

Question 24

Who wanted to establish a fishing and fur trade in the Americas?

Answer 24

France