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history. European Expansion By-Roneel and Deen. 10 vocabulary words. 1) Scandinavia. northern region of Europe consisting of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. 2) Basque. the region straddling the border between France and Spain. 3) Pagan.

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  1. history European Expansion By-Roneel and Deen

  2. 10 vocabulary words

  3. 1) Scandinavia

  4. northern region of Europe consisting of Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

  5. 2) Basque

  6. the region straddling the border between France and Spain.

  7. 3) Pagan

  8. a person who practices a religion other than Christianity

  9. 4) Latitude

  10. distance from the equator.

  11. 5) Barter

  12. trade without use of money.

  13. 6) Conquistador

  14. 16 century Spanish conquers

  15. 7) First nations

  16. term used in Canada for some indigenous people.

  17. 8) Polygamy

  18. the custom of having more than one wife at the same time.

  19. 9) Missionaries

  20. a person who is sent out to convert the people into his or her own religion

  21. 10) Shaman

  22. He is the person who interprets the dreams and treats the ill.

  23. 15 important facts

  24. The European economy was prosperous but also fragile as with every bad harvest in a row, food became scarce and the prices rose.

  25. They imported gold, silver, spices, silk and precious stones.

  26. The main European countries in the discovery were Great Britain, France, Portugal, Spain.

  27. The motives for the European exploration were economic, political and religious things.

  28. Caravel is a Portuguese developed ship with a broad sides and flat bottom with allowed the boat to be steady in the water.

  29. Astrolabe is Arab device when the pointer is pointed at the north star or the sun so then navigators could read its height from the horizon, from which they can calculate the latitude of the ship.

  30. Compass is a Chinese developed device later improved by the Portuguese. It is a box filled with water or oil and a magnetic needle floating on the top which pointed to the north pole.

  31. Portolans were navigation charts developed by Spaniards, Italians and Portuguese.

  32. When the population of the native people decreased so then they turned to another source, black slaves.

  33. Vasco Da Gama discovered the route to India.

  34. Christopher Columbus discovered America and named the inhabitants West Indians.

  35. Both Europeans and the native had a different point of view.

  36. Galileo Galilei was the one who discovered the four moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn and the sun spots.

  37. Nicolaus Copernicus wrote the book THE REVOLUTION OF THE CELESTIAL SPHERE.

  38. Marco Polo’s family was an Italian merchant.

  39. 20 questions and answers

  40. Q1) Why did the Europeans began to explore?

  41. Ans) Gold was an international currency at that time and the gold mines in the Europe and Africa were running out.

  42. Q2) What were the goods that the Europeans imported from Africa and Asia?

  43. Ans) They imported silk, gold, spices, precious stones and silver from Africa and Asia.

  44. Q3) Which were the main countries involved in the exploration?

  45. Ans) France, Great Britain, Spain and Portugal were involved in the exploration.

  46. Q4) Who were the middleman at that time?

  47. Ans) The Arabs, Italians and the Turks.

  48. Q5) What are the three reasons the Europeans set sail to explore the world?

  49. Ans) They set sail for:-1-political reasons2-religious reasons3-economic reasons

  50. Q6) What does geocentrism stands for?

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