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What is the Malay Archipelago?. What is the Malay Archipelago? A chain of islands running from the Malay Peninsula to Australia. What was the average temperature of the Spice Islands?. What was the average temperature of the Spice Islands? 70-90 degrees.
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What is the Malay Archipelago? A chain of islands running from the Malay Peninsula to Australia.
What was the average temperature of the Spice Islands? 70-90 degrees
Who controlled the spice trade from 1100 to 1400 A.D.? • The Arabs
Which Europeans resold spices to the rest of Europe? • The Venetians
Why were the Europeans so determined to find the Spice Islands?
Why were the Europeans so determined to find the Spice Islands? The wanted to stop paying high prices for the spices from the Venetians.
How were peppercorns sometimes used during the 1400's? They were used as money.
What was another reason other than spices that the Europeans began exploration?
What was another reason other than spices that the Europeans began exploration? To spread Christianity.
What was the name of the type of ship that was built for exploration during the 1400's?
What was the name of the type of ship that was built for exploration during the 1400's? • A caravel.
What was the first country to lead the exploration to find the Spice Islands?
What was the first country to lead the exploration to find the Spice Islands? • Portugal
What was the name of the man who opened the School of Navigation for exploration?
What was the name of the man who opened the School of Navigation for exploration? Prince Henry
What did Bartolomeu Dias discover? • The tip of South Africa
What was Columbus trying to achieve? • He was trying to find a westward route to the Spice Islands.
What did Columbus discover? • The Bahamas
What was the name of the native people who lived on the islands Columbus discovered?
What was the name of the native people who lived on the islands Columbus discovered? The Taino
What was the name of the explorer that the Americas were named after?
What was the name of the explorer that the Americas were named after? • Amerigo Vespucci
What was the name of the terrible disease that sailors came down with at sea?
What was the name of the terrible disease that sailors came down with at sea? • Scurvy
What is Magellan best known for? • Circumnavigating the world.
How many natives were left in the Caribbean Islands twenty years after the Spanish arrived.
How many natives were left in the Caribbean Islands twenty years after the Spanish arrived. • 30,000
What is an encomienda? • A huge grant of land given to the Spaniards willing to settle in the New World.
What are the soldiers called who conquered the Aztec and the Inca?
What are the soldiers called who conquered the Aztec and the Inca?Conquistadors
What did Magellan find on the southern end of South America?
What did Magellan find on the southern end of South America?A straitThe Strait of Magellan