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Question | Answer |
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period of artistic creativity | renaissance |
ancient greek and roman works | classical |
early navigation tool | astrolabe |
caravels | ships |
journey to holy place | pilgrimage |
marco polo wrote an account of the marvels of | asia |
the renaissance paved the way for an age of | exploration and discovery |
who developed the stern rudder and triangular sails | arabs |
mansa musa was the powerful kind of | mali |
which country was the largest in the history of west africa | songhai |
viking sailor | leif eriksson |
admiral of the ocean | christopher columbus |
leading explorers in 1400s | portuguese |
means peaceful | pacific |
to sail around the world | circumnavigate |
the portuguese wanted to explore the world because they | needed new trade routes |
which area was known as the gold coast because of its abundance of gold | coast of west africa |
columbus sailed to the americas under the flag of | spain |
which of these sailors landed in north america centuries before columbus set sail | vikings |
which of these sailors were the first to circumnavigate the world | ferdinand magellans crew |
conquistadors | spanish explorers |
spanish upper class | peninsulares |
spanish towns in the americas | pueblos |
spanish religious communities | missions |
spanish fort | presidio |
hernan cortes destroyed the powerful empire of the | aztec |
which man and his army conquered peru | francisco pizzaro |
juan ponce de leon landed on the mainland of north america in search of | the fountain of youth |
which was an essential part of the economy of the spanish and portuguese colonies | slave labor |
after the arrival of europeans, many native americans died because of | disease |
a german priest | martin luther |
an economic theory | mercantilism |
established quebec | samuel de champlain |
site of montreal | royal mountain |
used for trade | beaver pelts |
the protestant reformation was | a religious and historical movement |
which french religious thinker left the catholic church | john calvin |
who was the first french explorer to reach north america | giovanni da verazano |
to find a passage through the americas, the dutch hired | henry hudson |
traders who established rights to the candian fur trade were | french |