Chapter 2 review

Trade between Europe and Asia exploded after the Crusades due to explorers like __________________ bringing back goods after traveling along the Silk Road.

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

• Ferdinand Magellan

• My neighbor Jerry

The Renaissance was a period of ___________ in Europe.

• Decline

• Life

• Death

• Rebirth

This country began exploring by sailing down the Western coast of Africa

• Spain

• Portugal

• England

• France

Columbus made his initial voyage for Spain in which year?

• 1490

• 1492

• 1496

• 1500

The Portuguese began exploring to seek out a __________________ to Asia for trade.

• Land route

• Sea Route

America was named after explorer _____________________ after mapping out the coast of South America and discovering that it indeed, was its own land mass.

• Vasco de Gama

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Amerigo Columbus

This man was credited with being the first to circumnavigate the globe.

• Dias

• Magellan

• de Gama

• Columbus

Spanish explorers were known as these, or "conquerors"

• Conquistadors

• Renaissance

• Reconquista

• Lin Manuel Miranda

Hernan Cortes conquered this empire, which existed mostly in modern-day Mexico.

• Maya

• Inca

• Aztec

• Olmec

Due to the use of modern weapons and the spread of _________________, Spain was able to conquer native civilizations relatively quickly.

• Diseases

• Religion

• Animals

• Tools