TCI Chapter 4 How and Why Europeans Came to the New World

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The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to

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Asia

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Sailors used astrolabes to tell

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latitude

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"New World" was a name given to the Americas by

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European explorers

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To study the past, an archaeologist specializes in learning from

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artifacts

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A compass works by Earth's

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magnetic field

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Why did explorers plant flags?

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to claim land for their country

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What religious goal inspired many European explorers?

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to spread their beliefs

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Which foods came from America? Options: wheat and rice, apples and pears, lettuce and cabbage, potatoes and squash

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potatoes and squash

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What do farmers do with a cash crop?

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sell it for money

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Where in Europe did Muslims build a great center of culture and learning?

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Spain