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AMERiCAN HiSTORY EXPLORERS

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WHO STARTED A NAVAL ACADAMY?
PRiNCE HENRY OF PORTUGAL
WHO LEAD THE WAY AND WAS FiRST TO BREAK THE iTALiAN TRADE MONOPOLY?
PORTUGAL WiTH PRiNCE HENRY
WHO WAS THE 1ST TO REACH THE TiP OF AFRiCA--THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE?
DiAS
THO WAS THE FiRST TO SAiL TO CALiCUT, iNDiA AND THEN PORTUGAL?
DA GAMA
WHO WAS THE FiRST TO HAVE AFRiCAN SLAVES?
PORTUGAL
FOR WHAT COUNTRY WAS COLUMBUS SAiLiNG WEST TO SOUTH AMERiCA?
SPAiN
WHiCH COUNTRY SAiLED WEST TO NORTH AMERiCAN CONTiNENT AFTER THE FALL OF THE SPANiSH ARMADA?
ENGLAND
WHO SAiLED NW TO N. AMERiCAN COAST?
FRANCE
WHAT WERE ALL THE COUNTRiES LOOKiNG FOR?
THE NW PASSAGE-- DOESNT EXiST!
WHAT iS A PERiOD OF TiME AFTER THE DARK OR MiDDLE AGES? LEARNiNG AND EXPLORiNG BECAME iMPORTANT AGAiN. TiME OF "REBiRTH".
RENAiSSANCE
WHAT WAS WHEN THE SMALLER AREAS MERGED WiTH OTHER AREAS TO FORM COUNTRiES LiKE SPAiN, FRANCE, ENGLAND, PORTUGAL, NETHERLANDS ETC.?
RiSE OF NATiON STATES
WHAT iS A MOVEMENT iN THE 1500S TO BREAK FROM THE ROMAN CATHOLiC CHURCH AND FORM NEW CHURCHES?
PROTESTANT REFORMATiON
WHAT iS A DEADLY DiSEASE THAT iS PASSES FROM RATS TO FLEAS TO HUMANS AND iS ALSO PASSED FROM iNFECTED BODY FLUiDS. iT KiLLED 1/3 OF EUROPEAN POPULATiON, MAKiNG A LABOR SHORTAGE, FORCiNG LANDOWNERS TO PAY THEiR TENANTS. iT iNCREASED THE NEED FOR TRADE.
BLACK DEATH [BUBONiC PLAGUE]
WHO ARE EUROPEAN CHRiSTiANS DEFENDiNG AND TRYiNG TO TAKE BACK THE HOLY LANDS FROM THE MUSLiM TURKS? 6 TOTAL. THEY BROUGHT BACK NEW GOODS AND CREATED A MONOPOLY.
CRUSADES.
WHAT iS A MANCHiNE THAT CAN PRiNT AN ENTiRE PAGE ALL AT ONCE? iT MADE PEOPLE CURiOUS ABOUT FAR AWAY LANDS.
PRiNTiNG PRESS
WHO iS A PERSON WHO WROTE A DESCRiPTiON OF THE WORLD AND MANY PEOPLE READ HiS BOOK AND MADE THEM CURiOUS?
MARCO POLO
WHAT iS THE POSiTiON OF PLACES ON THE EARTHS SURFACE?
LOCATiON-- ABSOLUTE AND RELATiVE
WHAT iS PHYSiCAL AND HUMAN FACTORS THAT MAKE ONE AREA DiFFERENT FROM ANOTHER? CULTURAL.
PLACE
WHAT iS WAYS PEOPLE RELATE WiTH THEiR ENViRONMENT?
HUMAN/ENViRONMENT iNTERACTiON
WHAT iS THE SHiFTiNG OF PEOPLE GOODS AND iDEAS FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER?
MOVEMENT
WHAT iS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE SET APART BASED ON CERTAiN CHARACTERiSTiCS?
REGiON.
WHO WAS THE HEAD OF THE SPANiSH ARMADA?
KiNG FiLEPE
WHO WAS THE HEAD OF THE ENGLiSH?
QUEEN ELiZABETH 1ST.
WHO LED THE ENGLiSH NAVY?
SiR FRANCiS DRAKE.
WHO WON THE BATTLE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE SPANiSH ARMADA?
ENGLAND WON BC THEiR SHiPS WERE FASTER AND BETTER.
WHO WASNT HAPPY WiTH THE LiNE OF DEMARCATiON AND WENT TO THE POPE FOR A TREATY TO CHANGE iT?
KiNG JOHN 2ND OF PORTUGAL.
WHAT DiD THEY CALL THE 800 MiLE WESTERD MOVEMENT OF THE LiNE OF DEMARCATiON?
THE TREATY OF TORDESiLLAS.
WHO TRAVELED AND ACCOUNTED O FHTE LAND HE SAW, AND LATER GOT iT NAMED AFTER HiM.
AMERiGO VESPUCCi- AMERiCA
WHO SET OUT TO REACH ASiA BY GOiNG AROUND S. AM?
MAGELLAN-- DiED, BUT CREW WENT ON AND BECAME FiRST TO SAiL AROUND WORLD.
WHY DiD THE EXPLORERS SEARCH FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE?
THEY WANTED TO FiND A WATER ROUTE THROUGH N. AMERiCA TO ASiA.

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