The largest continent in the world is...
European explorers looked for a west ward route to Asia because the Portuguese controlled the route around the _______ to India and china
Africa or Cape of good hope
What instrument helped explorers to measure their lat. and long.
Astrolabe
Columbus sailed across the _______ Ocean discover the New World
Atlantic
Jacques Cartier
France, St. Lawrence River
Samuel de Champlain
France, great lakes
Robert LaSalle
France, lower Mississippi River
Marquette and Juliet
France, upper Mississippi River
During the 1200's the Chinese invented the
Gunpowder
Johannesburg Gutenberg of Germany invented the
Movable type
The New World included the continents of _____ and ______
North America and South America
Hernando Cortes
Spain, Mexico
Francisco Pizarro
Spain, Peru
Cabaza de Vaca
Spain, Texas
Christopher Columbus
Spain, West Indies
Francisco Coronado
Spain, southwestern United States
What made it easier to steer ships
A rudder
The smallest continent is...
Australia
What reasons to Kings hat for thinking that mercantilism is the way to power?
Because he could build a large navy to protect his colonies and trading. You could afford to hire Mercenaries.
Why did the colonists smuggled goods into the English colonies?
Because the mother countries were making them by expense of goods so they bought cheaper from other people.
Travelers to China brought the
Compass back to Europe
Columbus land in the west Indies, but thought he was in the
East Indies
Henry Hudson
England, Hudson Bay
John Cabot
England, east coast of North America
Spain France England and the Netherlands Sent explorers West ward in the hope of finding a short route to Asia these countries are all located on the continent of
Europe
Why did Kings want their colonies to trade only with the mother country?
It increase profit by increasing compsuption of the goods of the mother country and also by allowing them to purchase cheap goods
Amerigo Vespucci
Northern coast of South America, Spain
Pedro Cabral
Portugal, Brazil
The _____ divides the world into the eastern hemisphere in the Western Hemisphere
Prime meridian
Brazil and Peru are countries located on the continent of
South America
Ponce de Leon
Spain, Florida
Vasco Nunez de balboa
Spain, Isthmus of Panama
The _______ is a narrow waterway at the southern end of South America
The straight of Magellan
What did joint stock companies do?
They encouraged trade and they grew valuable goods which increased profits
Mercantilism
Was a system where you increase your country's exports while decreasing imports
The New World was located in the _______ hemisphere
Western
