Download Social Studies- Unit 2

European Exploration
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A long carefully organized trip
or voyage.
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What is an expedition?
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Because of this,
European interest in
Asia began to grow.
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What is Marco
Polo’s book?
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In the 1400’s this improved
travel by sea.
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What is technology?
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Finding new trade routes,
controlling new lands,
establishing colonies, and
spreading their religion
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What were goals of European
exploration ?
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Catholic countries, such as
Spain, began converting
people in the New World to
the Catholic religion.
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What was a goal of the
Counter Reformation?
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Present day New York
and Albany were
colonized by this
group.
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Who were the Dutch?
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Africa, Europe, and the
Americas carried goods and
enslaved people on this
route.
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What is the Atlantic Trade
Route, or the Triangular
Trade Route?
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England, France, Spain, Portugal,
the Netherlands, Sweden, and
Russia were all countries that
claimed land on these two
continents.
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What are the Americas?
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Settlements were built near
these two bodies of water to
make transporting people and
supplies easier.
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Why did colonists build
settlements near the sea
or along a river ?
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Trade by land was dangerous (bad
weather, illness, thieves) and new
technology in sailing (magnetic
compass, astrolabe, and caravels)
improved travel by sea for the
Europeans
traveling
to
this
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continent.
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Why did European
traders begin to travel to
Asia?
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An expedition that began in
what is now present day
Florida was led by this Spanish
explorer.
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What expedition did
Juan Ponce de Leon lead?
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This Spanish explorer explored
the American Southwest.
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Where did Francisco
Vasquez de Coronado
explore?
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The tool that improved sailing
by showing which direction is
north.
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What is the magnetic compass ?
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Improved technology, like this tool
helped sailors use the sun and stars
to find their location.
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What is the astrolabe?
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A water route through North
America to the Pacific.
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What is the Northwest
Passage?
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An expedition to lands south of
where Columbus had landed,
and were unknown by
Europeans, was accomplished
by this explorer.
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Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
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The first crew to complete a
circumnavigation was led by this
explorer.
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Who was Ferdinand
Magellan?
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Improved technology, like this type
of sail helped sailors change
direction
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What is a caravel?
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An explorer that led an
expedition to Florida and
later became the first to
see the Mississippi River.
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Who is Hernando de Soto ?
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ASpanish explorer who hoped
to reach Asia, but landed on
the island of San Salvador
and called the natives
“Indians”
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Who is Christopher
Columbus?
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An area or place ruled
by a distant country
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What is a colony?
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To change someone’s or one’s
own beliefs
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What is to convert?
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This Spanish explorer/
conqueror took over the
wealthy Aztec empire in
what is now Mexico
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Who is Hernando Cortes?
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This Spanish explorer/
conqueror took over the
Inca empire in
what is now Peru.
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Who is Francisco Pizarro?
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An official document from
an authority to do something.
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What is a charter?
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