Transcript Hr 14 - Exploration & Enlightenment Jeopardy

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Define “caravel”
Type of sailing
ship used by
Europeans for
long voyages
across the ocean
This was the
exchange of goods
between the New
World and Old
World
Columbian
Exchange
This tool helped
sailors determine
their latitude at
sea
Astrolabe
What did the
Treaty of
Tordesillas do?
Split the world in
half between Spain
& Portugal
What was the
slaves’ journey
across the Atlantic
Ocean called?
The Middle
Passage
This explorer
accidentally discovered
the New World while
he was looking for
India
Christopher
Columbus
What part of the New
World did England
and France mostly
explore?
North America /
Canada
Who was the explorer
who worked for both
the Dutch and the
English?
Henry Hudson
Explain Prince
Henry of Portugal’s
relationship to the
Age of Exploration
He built a school for
sailors, mapmakers,
and navigators to
support exploration of
the world
Why did Spain send
out the most
explorers during the
Age of Exploration?
Because they had a “head
start” over everyone else
and were able to support
more explorers with the
riches they found in the
New World
Name the European
disease that killed
millions of Native
Americans
Smallpox
What do “the Old
World” and “the New
World” refer to?
Old World – Europe,
Africa, Asia
New World – North
& South America
Name 3 things
explorers from the
Old World brought
to the New World
Guns, wheat, grain,
sugarcane, disease,
horses, cows, sheep,
pigs, dogs
Explain
“mercantilism”
Colonists & finished
goods
Colony
(supports
mother
country)
Mother
Country
(gets rich)
Raw materials
Did the Columbian
Exchange mostly
benefit or harm Native
Americans? Explain.
Answer varies.
This was a movement of
thinkers in the 1700s that
used reason to try and
understand human
nature
Enlightenment (or
Age of Reason)
Thinkers in the
Enlightenment were
known as ________
(I want the specific word,
not something close to it!)
Philosophes
Define “natural
rights”
Rights people have
from the time
they’re born
Explain
“Separation of
Powers”
The idea of splitting apart
power in government to
keep one person or part of
government from getting
too powerful
What was a social
contract?
An agreement between a
government and the people it
governs where the people
give up some of their rights
to the government in
exchange for protection
What was an
Enlightened
Despot?
A ruler with absolute
power who tried to help
the people and rule
according to
Enlightenment ideas
Who was the thinker
who believed in
separation of powers?
Montesquieu
Who was the
thinker who came
up with the idea of
natural rights?
John Locke
Who was Mary
Wollstonecraft and
what did she do?
She was a feminist who
wrote about women’s
rights and believed that
they had a right to an
education
Why is Joseph II of
Austria considered
an Enlightened
Despot?
Because he freed the
serfs, abolished the death
penalty, gave freedom of
the press, and banned
torture in his country
Places where
Enlightenment thinkers
and artists met to discuss
their ideas were known as
Salons
During the Enlightenment, what
“right,” or idea, were women fighting
for?
a. The right to vote
b. The right to free speech
c. The right to education
d. The right to have abortions
C. Women were
fighting for the
right to an
education
Where did the
Enlightenment
mostly have its
roots in?
The Renaissance
John Locke
believed that
everyone had a
right to ______
Life, liberty, and
property
How did John Locke
influence the writers of
the Declaration of
Independence?
His idea of natural rights
and the social contract (i.e.
the part about people
having the right to rebel
against their government)
Make your wager
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