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8th Grade Social Studies Study Guide

Ch 3 & 4
Vocabulary to know – what is it?

Middle Ages

Feudal System

Crusades

Renaissance

Age of Exploration

Northwest Passage

Conquistador

Pueblos

Mestizos

People to know – what did they do?

Leif Eriksson

Marco Polo

Leonardo da Vinci

Michelangelo

Prince Henry

Vasco da Gama

Ferdinand Magellan

Montezuma

Hernan Cortes

Louis Joliet

Robert de La Salle

Christopher Columbus

Map – Places to find:

Egypt

Voyage of Vasco da Gama


Cape of Good Hope

India

Portugal

Cuba

Tenochtitlan

North America (p. 108):

Spanish Territory

English Territory

French Territory

Short Answer Questions:

What were some of the things that scientists were interested in during the
Renaissance?

Which of the voyages we discussed do you think had the greatest impact on U.S.
History?

Why did the Native Americans cooperate more with French settlers than with the
Spanish?

Why did Spain send missionaries to the borderlands?

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