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NAME:DATE:HOUR:European Exploration Reading Packet GRQInstructions: Define each term from the packet with detail! Reconquista_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Cartographer ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Astrolabe ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Vasco da Gama ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Christopher Columbus________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Imperialism__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Ferdinand Magellan___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Sepoy_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Conquistador ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Plantation____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Middle Passage_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Encomienda__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Columbian Exchange__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Mercantilism_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Instructions: Answer each of the following in complete sentences!Why did the Europeans begin to explore in the 1400s and why were Spain and Portugal able to take the lead in the pursuit of new sea routes to Asia?What were the results of the Spanish Reconquista for Muslims and Jews?What had disrupted Western Europe’s trade routes with Asia?Why did Spice become so expensive in Europe?How does the Printing Press impact exploration?What advance in military technology helped the Portuguese win control of the Indian Ocean trade routes?What types of advances in ships do you think would have to have been made by Prince Henry to enable the longer sea voyages around Africa and on to Asia?Identify the following explorers:Had a new fleet of Portuguese ships developed:First to round the Cape of Good Hope:First to travel around Africa to Asia:First to travel west to the America’s:First to circumnavigate the world:What was the Line of Demarcation and why did Pope Alexander VI establish it?Look at the Map on page 2 – Europeans in the East…, what do you notice about the European trading posts? Why do you think there are no posts in the middle of the Africa or Asia?Who established the Cape Town settlement and what were the farmers there called?How did the Portuguese treat the Asian people where they developed colonies? Explain.What was the strategic importance of the Spanish control of the Philippines beginning in 1521? was the conquistador that defeated the Aztecs in Mexico, while defeated the Incas in South America.Briefly describe how each of the following contributed to the Spanish success over the native people of the Americas.Military advantages:Alliances:Diseases:The French set up their colonies mainly in , while the first permanent English colony was founded at .What were the three reasons that large numbers of English settlers came to the new colonies? b. c. The English gained control over much of North America after defeating the French in what war?Why were Africans brought to the America’s? What do you think caused the “labor shortage”?205740073025Study the map/chart of the Triangle Trade – focus on what goods were shipped from place to place. Use critical thinking skills (analyze, interpret, and THINK) to take a guess at why slaves weren’t shipped in mass numbers to Europe? (Hint: look at the types of goods from each location.)Fill in the chart below based on the Spanish Social Classes in New World 114300770255Fill in the chart below with 10 things that were exchanged from each side of the world to illustrate the Columbian exchange (use the chart in the packet or in you text book on pg. 496-497) ................
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