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Vocabulary
#1 Someone who gives financial support to a person or cause. Patron
#2 A person who buys and sells goods Merchant
#3 An outbreak of disease spreading quickly Epidemic
#4 The buying and selling of humans as property Slave Trade
#5 A settlement far from the country that rules it. Colony
Explorers Part 1
#1 What tool helped European sailors know how far they had sailed from the equator? Astrolabe
#2 Who started the Portuguese navigation school around 1419? Prince Henry
#3 Why did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella agree to fund Columbus's voyage? Profit from trade and spread Christianity.
#4 How long did Columbus sail before he reached land on his first voyage? Five weeks
#5 Why did Cortes take Moctezuma prisoner? He wanted to conquer the Aztecs.
Explorers Part 2
#1 What item from the Columbian Exchange most helped the Native Americans? Horses
#2 How did mapmakers help European sailors improve their navigation? They made more accurate maps.
#3 What was Prince Henry's navigation school like? Sailors, scholars, mapmakers, and ship builders worked together to improve sea travel.
#4 Why did European merchants want to find a sea route to Asia? Shipping goods on land took too long and was dangerous. Sailing was faster.
#5 Why was the caravel an improvement over other ships? Caravels were lighter than older ships and their sails were more efficient. (Triangular)
Explorers Part 3
#1 Which direction did Columbus sail in his attempt to reach Asia? West
#2 What did Columbus name the general area in which he landed? West Indies
#3 Which explorer was the first to circumnavigate the earth? Columbus, Magellan, Cortes, Ponce de Leon Magellan
#4 How easy is this practice? Super easy
#5 What grade are you going to get? an A.
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