lesson 1 and 2

Question 1

technological advances

Answer 1

printing press, astrolabe, mapmaking, caravals, better ship design

Question 2

Portugal explorers

Answer 2

vasco da gama around southern tip of Africa to India, bartolomeu dias cape of good hope

Question 3

spanish explorers

Answer 3

Christopher Columbus america, ferdinand magellan whole world, Francisco pizzaro Incan empire (know three)

Question 4

what were the crusades and when did they begin and end

Answer 4

series of expeditions that Europeans made to regain control of Christian holy sites in the middle east from the 1000’s to the 1200’s

Question 5

what was the renaissance and when did it begin and end

Answer 5

a reawakening of culture and intellectual curiosity in Europe from the 1300’s to the 1600’s

Question 6

who was Marco polo

Answer 6

Italian explorer who travel to China and wrote a book about his travels to teach others

Question 7

define circumnavigate and who was the first person to circumnavigate the world

Answer 7

travel completely around something ferdinand magellan

Question 8

Name two reasons why Cortes and Pizarro were able to conquer the Aztecs and Incas.

Answer 8

weapons and disease

Question 9

Name two reasons why Columbus’s voyages were significant

Answer 9

launched era of exploration and found the americas