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Exploring the Americas

Chapter 2

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period of artistic creativityRenaissance
Ancient Greek and Roman worksclassical
early navigational toolastrolabe
caravelsships
journey to a holy placepilgrimage
Marco Polo wroteTRAVELS
Renissance led toexploration and discovery
Arabs developedthe stern rudder and triangular sails
Mansa Musaking of Songhai
Largest in West AfricaGhana
Viking SailorLeif Erickson
Admiral of the OceanChristopher Columbus
leading explorersin the 1400Portuguese
circumnavigatetravel around the world
Portuguese wantednew trade routes
Gold CoastCoast of West Africa
Columbus sailed to the Americasbunder the flag of Spain
Landed in NewfoundlandVikings
Circumnavigate the worldF. Magellan's crew
ConsquitadorsSpanish Explorers
Spanish upper classpeninsulares
Spanish fortpresido
Spanish religious communitymissions
Spanish towns in the AmericasPueblos
Cortezdestroyed the Aztec
Pizarroconquered Peru/ INCA
Ponce deLeonlooked for the fountain of youth
Essential to the Economy of Spain and Portugalslave labor
Many Native Americans died becausethe Europeans brought diseases
Large estateplantation
German Priest who disagreed with the Catholic ChurchMartin Luther
Protestant Reformationgreat historical and religious movement
John CalvinGood works will not get you to heaven
King Henry VIII left Catholic Churchand became the head of the Church of England
Two religious groups of Western EurpoeProtestant/Catholic
Spanish and French introducedthe Native Americans to the Catholic Church
Mercantilismhaving to do with money, trade, land and wealth
Columbian Exchangetrade between two continents
Henry HudsonDutch found the Hudson River of New York
The Frenchdidn't want land but wanted fishing and hunting with the Native Americans
coureurs de boisrunners of the woods
Samuel de Champlaindiscovered Lake Champlain
New Yorkbegan as New Amsterdam

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