The Early Americas and European Exploration

the alliance of the Iroquois nations

• League of the Iroquois  
• civilization
• city-state
• Renaissance

a political unit that controls a city and its surrounding land

• city-state
• Renaissance
• Silk Road
• colony

the burst of learning in Europe from the late 1300s to about 1600

• Renaissance
• Silk Road
• colony
• circumnavigate

a network of overland trade routes linking China to the Middle East

• Silk Road
• colony
• circumnavigate
• Columbian Exchange

to travel all the way around the Earth

• circumnavigate
• Columbian Exchange
• glacier
• surplus

the global exchange of goods and ideas resulting from the encounter between the peoples of the Eastern and Western hemispheres

• Columbian Exchange
• glacier
• surplus
• culture

What was the main reason Europeans began exploring in the 1400s?

• To find a trade route to Asia

• To find the Americas

• To fight the Chinese

• To discover new lands

What were Europeans most interested from Asia?

• Spices

• Jewelry

• Gold

• Pasta

The boat used by most explorers during the 1500s was called a

• yacht

• schooner

• caravel

• steam boat

The period of knowledge and exploration in Europe between 1500-1700 was known as the

• Renaissance

• Crusades

• Middle Ages

• Dark Ages