Ch. 2: Exploring the Americas

A series of expeditions Europeans made to regain control of Christian holy sites in the Middle East from the A.D. 1000s to the 1200s

• Crusades

• Renaissance

• Protestant Reformation

• Conquistadors

A reawakening of culture and intellectual curiosity in Europe from the 1300s to the 1600s.

• Crusades

• Renaissance

• Protestant Reformation

• Conquistadors

Portuguese three-masted ship that could sail faster and carry more cargo and supplies than earlier ships.

• encomienda

• plantation

• caravel

• astrolabe

Spanish explorer or "conqueror."

• crusaders

• conquistador

• presidio

• peninsulare

a Spanish religious community where farming was carried out and Native Americans were converted to Christianity

• mission

• presidio

• pueblo

• colony

A large farm set up to raise either tobacco or sugarcane and worked by Native Americans or enslaved Africans.

• presidio

• pueblo

• mission

• plantation

The right granted by the Spanish government to the conquistadors that turned Native Americans into slaves was called

• encomienda

• taxation

• Tordesillas

• presidio

Mercantilism led to economic competition among the countries of Europe.

• True

• False

Portugal took the lead in finding a trade route to India.

• True

• False

By the time the period of European exploration began, most maps included the Americas.

• True

• False