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| 1. Why was Portugal the first European
country
to begin voyages of exploration? |
| 2. What were the "preconditions" for
exploration? |
| 3. What kind of
governments existed in Europe
during the Middle Ages? What was society like? |
| 4. What role did religious conflict
play
in Europeans' desire to begin exploration? |
| 5. Referring to the Columbus Navigation
web
page: What obstacles faced Columbus (and Europeans in general) in
terms
of navigating voyages of discovery? |
| 6. What was the Columbian Exchange, and
what
was its significance for both Old and New Worlds? |
| 7. Referring to Michael Wood's web
site:
What advantages did Cortés have that enabled him to
conquer
the Aztec Empire? |
| 8. What effect did the Spanish
conquests
have back in Europe? |
| 9. What was the Protestant Reformation,
and
how was it related to the discovery of the New World? |
| 10. Why did England lag behind Portugal
and
Spain in the conquest of the New World? |
| 11. How and why did Elizabeth I
establish
an English presence in the New World? What (if any) long term
consequences
resulted from these efforts? |