Chapter 4 Vocab

Question 1

New World

Answer 1

The European names for lands in the Western Hemisphere, including North and South America. The Americans were a “new” world for the Europeans, but not for the native people who already lived there.

Question 2

Age of Exploration

Answer 2

A time in history when people from Europe traveled to faraway and unfamiliar places , such as Africa and the Americans, in order to learn about them and make maps of them. The Age of Exploration began in the late 1400s and continued through the 1500s

Question 3

Explorers

Answer 3

People who travel to new and unfamiliar places in order to learn what these places are like and describe them with words, pictures, and maps.

Question 4

Archeologists

Answer 4

Scientists who study human artifacts to learn about past cultures.

Question 5

Ore

Answer 5

Rock or earth from which metal can be taken

Question 6

Cash crop