B. unit 5 Q.1 Flashcards
(39 cards)
A.D. 500 to A.D. 1450
Middle Ages
estate
manor
peasants
serfs
social, economic, political way of life
feudal system
religious wars
Crusades
an instrument to chart a course
astrolabe
contract binding a person to serve
indenture
wanted to leave the church
Separatists
wanted to purify the Anglican church
Puritans
principles to be governed by
constitution
chosen to speak for others
representatives
refusal to buy or sell products
boycott
The Age of Exploration was the result of
new luxuries, better trade routes, new information, new instruments and better methods
Spanish explorers
conquered Aztec and Inca, found a water route to China, found gold & silver in North America
When England joined the race to explore the New World, at first it
claimed land from Virginia to Newfoundland
When the French joined the exploration race, they
established fur-trading posts & missions along the St. Lawrence River
At first, colonists came to America to
find adventure, to find gold, or to Christianize natives
In the Middle Colonies
William Penn paid Indigenous people for the land Quakers settled
By 1750, each colonial government had
a government consisting of a governor and an assembly
is not true about New England
The soil and climate were conducive to farming
A water route to India was discovered by
Vasco da Gama
An early traveler to China was
Marco Polo
Whose interest in navigation made Portuguese a leader in European exploration?
Prince Henry
The Pacific Ocean was discovered by:
Balboa
