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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |