social studies review for final ch. 2
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- Define Renaissance
- A french word meaninr rebirth
- Define Middle Ages
- A period of time between the fall of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance
- How were conquistadors able to turn Native Americans into slaves
- The king of Spain granted them the right to demand labor and taxes
- Who was Christopher Columbus
- The first European to land in the Americas
- Who was Hernan Cortez
- The destroyer of the Aztec Empire
- What were England, France and Netherlands hoping to discover
- Water routes to Asia
- Who was Marco Polo
- The first European to reach Asia on foot
- Who was Ferdinand Magellan
- The first person to sail around the world
- Who was John Cabot
- Refound Newfoundland
- Whp was Vasco de Gama
- The first person to sail around Africa to India
- Define Age of Enlightenment
- An eighteenth century movement in Europe and America
- Who was Bartolomeu Dias
- The first person to sail around the southern tip of Africa
- What agree ment gave Spain the right to most North and South America
- The Line of Demarcation
- What did the French want to establish in America
- Trappers
- What did the English want to establish in the Americas
- An empire
- Who was Henry Hudson
- The first person to explore the Hudson Strait, Hudson River, and Hudson Bay