American History Ch. 2 Exploring the Americas

The Western Hemisphere was named after this explorer.

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Columbus
• Amerigo Vespucci

This monarch was responsible for sponsoring Columbus's expedition.

• Isabella I of Castile

• Henry VIII of England
• Louis XIV of France

In 1095, the Europeans would launch the Crusades, 9 expeditions to control this region.

• The Balkans

• The Mediterranean Sea
• The Holy Land

This Italian city would prosper from trade with Arab traders.

• Rome
• Florence
• Venice

In the 1300s, powerful merchants in Pisa, Venice, and Genoa began to study the classic works of...

• ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
• China and Japan

• ancient Greece and Rome

This period of intellectual and artistic creativity of the 1300s would become known as...

• Enlightenment
• Baroque
• Renaissance

By the mid 1400s, these powerful countries began to search for sea routes to Asia.

• Portugal and Spain
• Netherlands and Sweden
• France and England

Printed in 1477, this explorer's book Travels would be read by many Europeans.

• Marco Polo
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Vasco da Gama

Sailors could find their latitude by using this to measure the position of stars.

• astrolabe
• barometer
• compass

The Portuguese would design this ship that could sail faster and carry more cargo.

• galleon
• caravel
• schooner