Chapter 2 SS Test Review

Someone who gives financial support to a person or cause

• merchant

• slave trade

• colony

• patron

• epidemic

A person who buys and sells goods

• merchant

• slave trade

• colony

• patron

• epidemic

An outbreak of a quickly spreading disease

• merchant

• slave trade

• colony

• patron

• epidemic

The buying and selling of humans as property

• merchant

• slave trade

• colony

• patron

• epidemic

A settlement for from the country that rules it

• merchant

• slave trade

• colony

• patron

• epidemic

Which of the following navigation tools helped European sailors know how far they had sailed from the equator?

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Which of the following navigation tools helped European sailors know which direction they were going?

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Who started a Portuguese navigation school around 1419?

• Leif Ericsson

• Vasco de Gama

• Prince Henry

• Bartolomeu Diaz

Which of the following explains why King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella agreed to fund Columbus's voyage?

• They wanted to profit from trade and spread Christianity in Asia.

• They wanted to move to an island in the Caribbean Sea.

• They were hoping to invade other Asian countries.

• They wanted to trade with Native Americans'

Which direction did Columbus sail in his attempt to reach Asia?

• south

• north

• east

• west