Who was Bartolome de Las Casas, and what did he do?
He was a Spanish missionary who tried to stop the enslavement of indigenous people in the encomienda system.
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Who discovered a sea route to the Indian Ocean by finding the Cape of Good Hope?
Bartolomeu Dias
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Describe who controlled the Spice Trade before and during the Age of European Exploration.
Before: Arab traders and Venetian merchants; during: Portugal, (with Spain's help later), and then the Netherlands
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True or False: Jamestown (Virginia) was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
True!
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True or False: Sir Walter Raleigh organized the first English colony in North America, Roanoke.
True! But the colony wasn't successful. In fact, it mysteriously disappeared!
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Pedro Alvares Cabral wanted to sail to India, but he sailed far west. Where did he make landfall first?
Brazil
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Why did Christopher Columbus call the Taino people "Indians"?
He thought he had sailed all the way to the archipelago Europeans called the "Indies."
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What river did Marquette and Jolliet reach and explore for France?
the Mississippi River
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What did Marco Polo do to inspire exploration?
He wrote a book based on his travels in Asia.
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True or False: The encomienda system was one way the Spanish encouraged their people to settle in newly conquered lands, by promising them land and indigenous workers.
True.
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Who followed in Bartolomeu Dias's footsteps by sailing around the southern tip of Africa, but went on even further, to explore the eastern coast of Africa?
Vasco da Gama
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Which coast did Giovanni da Verrazano sail up? Which coast did Vasco da Gama explored? (East coast of North America, or East coast of Africa?)
