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1)In 1519, what had the fleet of five Spanish ships been commissioned to do? ______
2)From the five ships, how many ships returned, and how many crew members survived? ______
3)According to the survivor, what had the sailors accomplished? ______
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5)What spices did Europeans desperately want to obtain? Why?
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6)Who controlled the spice trade?
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7)What prevented the Europeans from growing spices that they discovered in Asia? ______
8)How did Europeans intend to take control of the spice trade? ______
Focus Question
9)How did the search for spices lead to global exploration? ______
10)In addition to the Europeans, which other groups explored the seas? ______
11)How far back did European trading date back with the Asians? ______
12)What did the Crusades introduce Europeans to? ______
13)What disrupted the European and Asian trade? ______
14)What effect did Europe’s growing population have on trade goods? ______
15)What were the most valued items and how were they used? ______
16)Which region did the Europeans refer to as the Spice Islands? ______
17)In the 1400’s which groups controlled trade between Asia and Europe?
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18)Describe the role of the Muslim and Italian merchants in the trading market: ______
19)Why did Europeans want to gain direct access to Asia? ______
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20)What factors encouraged European exploration? ______
Map Skills
21) Describe the route of Columbus. ______
Describe
22)Why do you think explorers from different countries followed similar routes? ______
Draw Inferences
23)How were colonists able to get away with smuggling? ______
24)Where is Portugal’s location? ______
25)Which islands did Prince Henry’s navigators claim? ______
26)Describe Portugal’s expansion by 1415. ______
27)What promise did Prince Henry see in Africa? ______
28)How did Prince Henry anticipate that Africa would help him facilitate trade with Asia? ______
29)Who did Prince Henry collaborate with to facilitate the traveling around Africa to reach Asia? ______
30)Who was Prince Henry’s predecessor and what did he accomplish? ______
31)How did Vasco da Gama’s ambitious plans exceed Dias’s accomplishments? ______
32)Despite da Gama’s discovery, what were some of the losses suffered by his fleet? Half ______
33)How did Portuguese profit from Da Gama’s venture? ______
34) How did Da Gama capitalize (benefit from) the spices in Calicut? ______
35)How did Da Gama’s expeditions confirm Portugal’s status as a world power? ______
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36)How did Portuguese exploration lead to the creation of a trading empire? ______
37) How did news of Portugal’s successes affect other countries? ______
38)What nationality was Christopher Columbus? ______
39)What did Columbus aspire to do? ______
40)Although Columbus was an educated European, what did he underestimate? ______
41) Why did Columbus persuade Spain to finance his voyage? ______
42)How did the Spanish rulers attempt to strengthen their authority? ______
43) How did the expulsion of the Jews weaken Spain? ______
44)What hope did Spanish rulers hold for Columbus’s voyage? ______
Thinking CriticallyNavigating the World
45)Synthesize Information Why would a portolan map be inappropriate as a resource for a geography class? ______
46)Draw Inferences What limitations did the astrolabe have that the magnetic compass did not? ______
47)Define authority: ______
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48)What characteristics does the artist ascribe to Henry? ______
49)Identify Columbus’s three ships: ______
50)During Columbus’s expedition, what made crew members anxious? ______
51)Why did Columbus refer to the people of the region as Indians? ______
52)Why did Columbus receive a hero’s welcome when he returned in 1493? ______
53)What did Ferdinand and Isabella request of the Pope? ______
54)Define the Line of Demarcation: ______
55)How did the Line of Demarcation affect Span and Portugal? ______
56)Define the Treaty of Tordesillas: ______
57)Why was the action Line of Demarcation unclear? ______
58)How did the Treaty of Tordesillas affect other countries around Portugal and Spain? ______
59)Identify Amerigo Vespucci: ______
60) Identify Martin Waldseemuller: ______
61)What islands did Columbus actually explore? ______
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62)How did Columbus influence the Treaty of Tordesillas? ______
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63)What had European countries failed to find in their search for a direct route to Asia? ______
64)How did Vasco Nunez de Balboa find the passage westward? ______
65)What body of water did Balboa off the coast of North America? ______
66)What did Ferdinand Magellan set out to discover? ______
67)What does Pacific mean? ______
68)Identify the Strait of Magellan: ______
69)Why did Magellan insist that the ship push on across the Pacific? ______
70)What did Magellan underestimate? ______
71)Magellan’s group was the first to______around the world ______
72)What was the fate of Magellan, the ambitious explorer? ______
73)How long after the sailors left Spain with Magellan did they return back to Spain? ______
74)What did Antonio Pigafetta proclaim? ______
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75)What was significance of Balboa’s discovery? ______
Chapter Assessment
76)Identify Causes and Effects: How did the search for spices lead to global exploration? ______
77)Recognize Cause and Effect How did the Renaissance motivate European explorers? ______
78)Recognize Ideologies How did Prince Henry’s Christian faith shape his role as sponsor of exploration? ______
79)Identify Alternatives If Columbus had understood the real geography of the world, would he still have made his voyage? Why or why not? ______
80)Predict Consequences What effect might Magellan’s circumnavigation of the world have on English, Dutch, and French explorers? ______
Quick Write: Gather information
Choose one of the following people from this section for a biographical essay: Prince Henry, Christopher Columbus, or Ferdinand Magellan. Gather information about the person you chose. Note events that were both directly and indirectly influenced by this person. javascript:openCrossRef('../ch18/ch18_s3_4.html - lnk991.2')
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