Starting around 1450, Europeans built large boats and tried to sail east to India to buy spices. In 1492, Christopher Columbus had a different idea: to sail _______ to reach Indian spices

_____________ _____________ of Spain sponsored Christopher Columbus, and he crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1492

We use the term _________ _________ to describe Europe: Portugal, Spain, France, and Britain. _________ _________ describes the lands across the Atlantic Ocean that Europeans explored.

Europeans destroyed the religion, language, and communities of Native People and replaced Native culture with European culture is called

Europeans followed the ______________ religion; they claimed lands in the New World for this religion.

The term used to describe the Old World countries of Europe.

A 31 mile "waterway" that connects Britain to France and mainland Europe. What body of water does it cross?

These mountains divide France and Spain, and the Iberian Peninsula (Spain plus Portugal) from mainland Europe.

The _____________ is a low-lying region in northern Europe, with nutrient-rich soil good for farming crops such as wheat. It is extremely densely populated, and major cities such as St. Petersburg, Russia and Berlin, Germany are located here.

Italian, French, Portuguese, and Spanish are languages within this language family:

This language family is found in Russia, Ukraine and other countries in Eastern Europe.

English and German are examples of which language family?

Which religion tells the story of Allan speaking to Muhammad and uses Arabic to read the Quran/Koran during worship?

What is monotheism?

If you are Christian (a person who practices Christianity), where do you worship?

If you are Muslim (a person who practices Islam), where do you worship?

If you are Jewish (a person who practices Judaism), where do you worship?

The Jewish holy book is called what?

The Islamic holy book is called what?

Abraham the founder and an important prophet, prayed to Adonai, in which religion?

Muhammad is the founder and an important prophet of which religion?

Jesus is the founder of which religion?

What country is highlighted in red?

This shows the cardinal directions north, south, east and west. What is this symbol?

These are Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, and Southeast.

The most important line of latitude is (0 degrees latitude)

The most important line of longitude is (0 degrees longitude)

Which homeland and colonies are in the picture?

Which homeland and colonies are in the picture?

If you are reading a poster or sign in Cyrillic Alphabet, what country would you likely to be in?

8. I live in China. I am a Christian. What would am likely to do?

People in Europe wanted spices. They explored in the Tropics, searching for spices. Why didn’t they grow their own spices in Europe?

What is the purpose of this line?

After Columbus, leaders from Spain conquered lands in the New World. What did Spain call these lands they owned?