Chapter 2 Worksheet

CHAPTER 2 WORKSHEET Define the following words: 1. Renaissance -2. classical -3. technology -4. astrolabe -5. caravel -6. pilgrimage -7. mosque -8. line of demarcation -9. strait -10. circumnavigate -Answer the following questions: Section 1 11. Why did merchants want to sell goods from the orient? 12. What invention in the 1400ʼs had the greatest impact in history? 13. How did the astrolabe work? 14. What advantages did the caravel have over other ships? 15. What natural resources was Africa, south of the Sahara, rich in? 16. What three African trading kingdoms emerged between 400 and 1600? Section 2 17. The maps Columbus and the first European explorers used did not include _______. They showed three continents -- ___________, ____________, and ___________ merged together in a gigantic _________________. 18. In the 1400ʼs most educated people believed the world was ___________. 19. Who were the first European explorers to discover land in what is now North America and where did they land?

20. Today the Caribbean Islands are often referred to as the ______________. 21. How many total voyages did Columbus make to the new world and in what years did he make them? 22. Who drew the line of demarcation? 23. Which country received land to the east of the line of demarcation? Which country received land west of the line? 24. Who is America named after? 25. How many ships __________ and how many men ___________ left with Magellan? How many ships _____________ and how many men ____________completed the journey completely circumnavigating the world? People -- Find the person who did the following: 26. _______________ I traveled to China and spent many years living there. When I returned I wrote a book about the riches of Asia which inspired many explorers to find a route there. 27. _______________ I was said to be Maliʼs greatest king. I ruled from 13121337 and was the most powerful, richest, and most feared by my enemies. 28. _______________ I brought the Songhai empire to the height of its power and made my country the largest in West Africa. 29. _______________ I set up a center for exploration in Portugal in which astronomers, geographers, and mathematicians shared their knowledge with sailors. 30. _______________ I was the first to sail around the southern tip of Africa looking for a new route to Asia. 31. _______________ I was the first to sail around Africa and to India creating the first major sea route to Asia. 32. _______________ While sailing around Africa, my ship was blown off course and I landed in what is now Brazil. Because it was east of the Line of Demarcation I claimed the land for Portugal. 33. _______________ I was a Viking sailor who was lost while trying to reach Greenland. I landed in North America and established a small settlement in what is now New Foundland, although it did not last. 34. _______________ I believed it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west. I was never successful in reaching Asia but did locate a new land that was unknown by Europeans. 35. _______________ I was the Queen of Spain and financed the voyage of Columbus. 36. _______________ I drew the line of demarcation. 37. _______________ America was named after me. 38. _______________ I was the first European to sea the Pacific Ocean. 39. _______________ My crew completely circled the globe on our expedition by sailing west. A strait at the southern tip of South America is named in my honor.