SS Test 12\14\21

Question 1

People that brought back goods and sold them

Answer 1

Merchant

Question 2

the transatlantic trading patterns which were established as early as the mid-17th century

Answer 2

Slave Trade

Question 3

the science of getting ships, aircraft, or spacecraft from place to place

Answer 3

Navigation

Question 4

An ancient instrument used widely in medieval times by navigators and astronomers to determine latitude, longitude, and time of day

Answer 4

Astrolabe

Question 5

a small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th–17th centuries

Answer 5

Caravel

Question 6

From Norway Sweden and finland also known as the best ship builders and sailors and were the first people to go to Iceland

Answer 6

Vikings

Question 7

Found greenland

in 982 CE

Answer 7

Eric the Red

Question 8

Founded vinland today known as newfoundland

Answer 8

Leif Erikson

Question 9

From Portugal Europe set up a school for sailors

Answer 9

Prince Henry the navigator

Question 10

Explored Africa’s west coast made his way through a storm and wounded up at the tip of africa and called it the cape of good hope

Answer 10

Bartholemew Diaze

Question 11

He rounded the cape of good hope and went from portugal to india

Answer 11

Vasco De Gama

Question 12

a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity

Answer 12

Patron

Question 13

Spanish conquerors

Answer 13

Conquistador

Question 14

A journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people

Answer 14

Expedition

Question 15

an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress

Answer 15

Empire

Question 16

a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country

Answer 16

Colony

Question 17

a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time

Answer 17

Epidemic

Question 18

He realized that Columbus found a brand new continent and he told a German mapmaker this info,and the mapmaker called the new continent America

Answer 18

Amerigo Vespucci

Question 19

In 1271 he went to China and stayed there for 17 yrs. He was from Venic,Italy. It took 4 yrs to go to China from Italy. It was a dangerous trip. He brought back silks, jewels and spices from the Mysterious indies

Answer 19

Marco polo

Question 20

He landed in Tenochtitlan in Central Mexico and killed all the Aztects

Answer 20

Cortez

Question 21

He was the ruler of the Aztecs. He thought Cortez was a god ( Quetzcoatl) and gave him all his gold and silver. Legend - One day a blonde,fair skinned,blue eyed man would come to save the Aztecs. Unfortunately he was killed by Cortez

Answer 21

Montezuma

Question 22

The capital of the Aztec Empire

Answer 22

Tenochtitlan

Question 23

He died but his team helped him on his mission to circumnavigate the globe

Answer 23

Magellan

Question 24

Was a conquistador He went looking for the 7 cities of gold he did not find it but he found the grand canyon

Answer 24

Coronado

Question 25

He was searching for the fountain of youth but found the grand canyon

Answer 25

Ponce de Leon

Question 26

Spanish, the first permanent European settlement in the new world.

Answer 26

St.Augustine

Question 27

A long story of heroic achievement

Answer 27

Saga

Question 28

Islands of Haiti and the Dominican Republic

Answer 28

Hispanola

Question 29

The movement of people,animal plants and culture between the east and western hemisphere

Answer 29

Columbian Exchange

Question 30

A large farm

Answer 30

Plantation