The largest continent in the world is...

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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


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