Chapter four

Question 1

New world

Answer 1

The European name for lands in the western Hemisphere, including North America and South America.The Americas were a new world for Europeans, but not for the native peoples who already lived there.

Question 2

Age of Exploration

Answer 2

A time in history when people from Europe traveled to far away and unfamiliar places, such as Africa and the Americas, in order to learn about them and make maps of them.The Age of Exploration began in the late 1400s and continued through the 1500s.

Question 3

Explorers

Answer 3

People who travel to new and Unfamiliar places in order to learn what these places are like and describe them with words, pictures, and maps.

Question 4

Archeologists

Answer 4

Scientists who study human artifacts to learn about past cultures.

Question 5

Ore

Answer 5

Rock or earth from which metal can be taken.