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Name: ________________________________________
Core: ________
Test
Prehistory Through Explorers
1. ______________________ were the least powerful people in the feudal system.
2. The first person to circumnavigate the earth was
_____________________________________________________________.
3. In the eyes of many, the Catholic Church had become corrupt during the Middle
Ages by selling indulgences and not serving the people. Who began a movement
to reform the church that was called the Reformation? ______________________
4. What does prehistoric mean? _________________________________________
5. Merchants from the West African kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay
prospered by controlling the trade of which two goods? _____________________
6. Between 1519 and 1605, the American Indian population in Central Mexico
decreased from approximately25 million to 1 million people. Identify and
describe one reason why this population decline was so extreme. (2 Points)
7. The __________________________________ was a period of the rebirth of
interest in classical art, architecture, and literature.
8. The Columbian Exchange is used to describe the introduction to and trading of
new products between Europe and North and South America. List two examples
of new products that came from Europe to North and South America. Also list
two products that went to Europe from North and South America.
9. ____________________ means to trade goods without money.
10. Archaeologists find and study ________________ to learn about ancient cultures.
11. Describe one way a physical feature can act as a barrier to migration and one way
a physical feature can help people migrate.
Name: ________________________________________
Core: ________
12. How did the arrival of Europeans change American Indians’ agricultural
practices?
13. Columbus set sail in 1492 C.E. He sailed for Spain. Spain had denied him
money on more than one occasion because they were fighting the Reconquista, or
reclaiming. Spain won a great victory and successfully reclaimed their territory
lost in Southern Spain. Who were the Spanish reclaiming their land from?
____________
14. Johannes Gutenberg developed a ______________________________ with
movable type. This invention revolutionized education in Europe by making
books readily available and increasing the number of people who could read and
write.
15. Describe one possible way exploration will increase due to the conflict between
the Catholic and Protestant churches.
16. The Crusades had a great impact on European culture during the Middle Ages.
Identify and describe two ways the Crusaders’ contact with the Middle East
changed European culture. (4 Points)
17. When we talk about migration, we often use terms like push factor and pull
factor. Define push factor and pull factor and give an example of each. (4 Points)
18. ________________________________________, the Portuguese prince, started
a navigational school to gather the leading astronomers, geographers, and
mathematicians in one place to expand Portugal’s world exploration.
19. Juan Ponce de Leon searched all over Florida for the ______________________.
Name: ________________________________________
Core: ________
20. North and South America are named after ______________________________.
21. Bartholomew Dias was the first European to sail to the southern tip of Africa. He
named that tip the ______________________________________________.
22. Why was salt from West Africa so important to the people of Europe?
23. Hernan Cortez conquered the city of Tenochtitlan and the ___________empire.
24. ____________________________ conquered the Inca empire and claimed Peru
for Spain.
25. Why did Europeans desperately want an all water route to Asia?
26. Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the jungles of Panama and became the first
European to see the Ocean on the other side. We call it the Pacific Ocean today,
but what did Balboa call it? __________________________________
27. Many explorers were searching for an all water route through the Americas.
Magellan proved there was no southern route, so the explorers began searching
North America for an all water route through the continent called the
_______________________________________________________________.
28. ____________________________________ became the first European to find an
all water trade route with Asia by sailing around the southern tip of Africa to
India.
29. Spain and Portugal laid claim to most of the land in South and Central America.
The English and French began concentrating their exploration in North America.
The French explorer, _________________________________, was the first to
sail up the St. Lawrence River and claim the land for France, calling it New
France.
30. The environment influences the way people live and work. Incan farmers adapted
to their mountainous environment by _______________________ their fields.
31. What was the basic structure of feudalism in Western Europe in the Middle Ages?
32. The West African kingdoms of Mali, Ghana and Songhay were trading with the
Muslims as early as 700 C.E. How did this effect the religion of the African
kingdoms?
Name: ________________________________________
Core: ________
33. __________________________, son of Eric the Red, was the first European
known to have set foot on North America.
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