Transcript Social Studies- Unit 2 Review

Social Studies
Review
Unit 2
What is “Effect”?
 When reading social studies, words like
“because” and “when” show the
connections between “Cause” and this …
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Who was Marco Polo?
 The author of this book caused Europeans
to become interested in Asia.
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What were improved technology
in navigation and ships?
 This caused a major change in sea travel
in the 1400’s.
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What were the goals of
European Exploration?
These were the goals:
• New trade routes to Asia
• Establishing colonies
• Controlling new lands
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What was living by the sea or along
rivers?
 Colonists lived here because it
made transporting people and
supplies easier
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What was New Amsterdam?
 This was the name for New York when
the Dutch owned the colony.
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What was Africa, Europe, and
the Americas?
 These three continents were the
stops along the triangular trade
route.
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What was converting the people
to the Catholic religion?
 This was a goal of the counter-
reformation.
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What were countries that
claimed land in the Americas?
 Russia, the Netherlands, France,
Sweden, Spain, Portugal,
England
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What was the Northwest Passage?
 This was the name given to a water route
through North America to the Pacific
Ocean and on to Asia. Many explorers
looked for this route without realizing that
it didn’t exist!
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What was the blocking of the
Silk Road or the dangers of
traveling the Silk Road?
This caused European traders to
start traveling to Asia by sea.
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What is an entrepreneur?
 This word describes a person who starts a
business by persuading others to sponsor
their idea by giving them money.
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Who was Pizarro?
 This explorer defeated the empire of the
Incas in Peru.
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Who was Cortes?
 This explorer defeated the empire of the
Aztecs in Mexico.
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Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
 This explorer was the first to call the
Americas the “New World”. His name was
used on the map to describe this new land.
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Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
 This explorer’s expedition
accomplished the first
circumnavigation around the world,
although he died before completing the
journey.
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Who was Christopher Columbus?
 This explorer who sailed for Spain thought
he had found Asia instead of a new
continent.
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The End
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