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Before the Spanish arrived, what animal was the primary source of transportation for Plains Indians?

Dogs

The capital of the Inca empire was?

Cuzco

The city known as Mexico City was once called what?

Tenochtitlan

Nice houses (haciendas) in the city belonged to whom?

Upperclass

What is a chip log?

Determines speed in knots or nautical mph. 1 knot = 6,000 ft or 2,000 yd

What were some necessary navigation instruments for open ocean exploration? Explain the purpose of each listed in your textbook.

Compass-direction. Astrolabe-measures angle of sun ☀️ between the stars & horizon. Dead reckoning-navigates sailors. Hour glass-tells time

How many degrees are between the equator and the north or South Pole?

0 - 180 degrees

Where is the navigation school at?

Sagres fortress

What was the average speed of the Mayflower? Why?

1.2 knots bc they went against the current

Cherioke

Georgia

Who was India controlled by?

England

What is a lead and line used for?

To determine the waters depth and tells you what kind of bottom you have

Who was Samoset and who was Squanto?

They helped the pilgrims and taught them how to farm.

Iroquois

NY

What country was the birthplace of cristolbal colon?

Genoa Italy

Ship w/ stern mounted rudder

Galleon

What Indian civilization prospered in the Andes mountains of Peru?

Inca

Who is famous for establishing a school at lands end, Portugal for explorers?

Prince Henry

Who was Cristobal Colon and what is he famous for?

Christopher Columbus and in 1492 he found America

How did the Plains Indians harvest North American bisen w/out horses?

The Spanish brought horses to North America.

Columbus landed where?

San Salvador island

Who first sighted the Pacific Ocean?

Magellan

What is the difference between the old world and the new world?

Old world is Europe; new world is Americas

What did poor people live in?

Barrios

What Indian civilization brutally sacrificed prisoners on their temple?

Aztec

Who was Jacques Cartier?

He discovered the st. Lawrence river

What line separated the Portuguese form the Spanish?

Line of demarcation

What is the famous Indian city in the Andes mountains in Peru?

Machu Picchu

Xtra credit....... What is the latitude and longitude of CPCS?

47 degrees, 44’, 45” north 122 degrees, 11’, 17” west

The (Spanish/Portuguese) developed a thriving trade w/ India

Portuguese

What animal was nearly wiped out due to the Fur Trade?

Beaver ?

Who were the Meztizos?

Mixed Indian and Spanish blood.

What Indian tribe is famous for building homes out of stone and clay?

Pueblo

What is the term for belts of consistent winds that blow from east to west?

Trade winds

Winds north of the equator go which direction?

Clockwise

Determining your location East or west of prime meridian is a measurement of?

Longitude

The (Aztecs/Mayas) stoned adulterers and placed great importance on the family

Aztecs

Who said you don’t work, you don’t eat?

John Smith

(Siam/Dai Viet) is the ancient name for Thailand

Siam

Using a traverse board, compass, astrolabe, and hourglass ⏳ you can determine what?

The direction and speed your going

What was one major problem in governing S. America?

Distance

What is the most useful sailing instrument?

Compass

How many feet is a fathom?

6 ft

What were some English reasons for colonizing N. America?

Land and religious freedom

Portuguese nobility in the new world that later became the term for all Spanish nobility in both north and South America known as...

Donatalios "dons"

Why did priests go on expeditions?

They brought Jesus to sailors, fishermen, and others. They also did missionary work.

Who were the Creoles?

Pure Spanish or Portuguese descent born in the new world.

What came into use after the astrolabe and was used until modern electronic navigation systems?

The Sextant

Who was associated w/ James town?

Powhatan Indians

Spanish treasure galleon

Nvestra señora de atoch

In 1502, who came to the Americas to serve as a missionary in India?

Bartolomé de las casas

Who were the mound builders?

Indians who built earthen mounds

How do you think the Native Americans first arrived on the North American continents?

Bering Strait

What Indian tribe helped the pilgrims?

Wampanoag

What was the first permanent English settlement?

James town

(Cortés/Pizarro) conquered the Incan empire

Pizarro

Queen (Isabellla/Elizabeth) financed Sir Francis Drakes expeditions

Elizabeth

Who paid for Columbus’s trip?

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

Who held most government positions?

Peninsularies

When sailing through the straits of Magellan you are going around what continent?

S. America

What eastern Indian tribe confederation was based out of NY?

Eastern Woodlands

Who was Samuel de Champlain?

Discovered Lake Champlain.

Who was often treated as 2nd class citizen

Natives

Oldest state in America

St. Augustine

Native Americans refer to the Creator and the Great Spirit. Is this any different from God?

Nope

Where does the word “shaman” come from?

China

What were the French after in N. America

Furs

Ponce De Leon came looking for what?

The fountain of yth

The Prime Meridian goes through what English city?

Greenwich

What Jesuit missionary arrived in Japan and sought to convert the people to Roman Catholicism?

Francis Xavier

What was the governor of a state?

Viceroy

Indians in the Southwest N. America lived in villages called (Pueblos/Effigy mounds).

Pueblos

What Indian civilization lived in what is today Central America from 300 - 800 AD?

Maya

What are set and drift? What do they have to do w/ dead reckoning?

1)wind and ocean ? current 2)where I think I am and where I thing I’m going

Whose ship made it around the world - but he had a dinner engagement in the Philipeans?

Ferdinan Magellan

Who made it to India?

Gama

The Iroquois Confederacy was located in the modern state of (Georgia/New York)

NY

What is a traverse board?

Determines direction and speed

Who landed at Plymouth in November 1620, and why?

Pilgrims; they wanted religious freedom.

Atahualpa was the last (Mayan/Incan) ruler before the Spanish arrived

Incan

(Dias/Columbus) was the first explorer to find a way around the tip of Africa

Dias

Up until when did Japan try to stay isolated?

Mid 1800s

Winds south of the equator go which direction?

Counterclockwise

What are some similarities and differences between native & North American Indian civilizations?

Animism

What area is known as the graveyard of the pacific?

Vancouver island to the north of San Francisco

What is the most important natural passage between the antlantic and pacific oceans?

The Strait of Magellan

Who was a mythical king in Africa who was thought to be a Christian?

Prester John

Who was the first to make it all around the ? world?

Sir Francis drake

Rounding the tip of good hope, you are rounding cape…

Horn

Determining your location north or south of the equator is a measurement of?

Latitude

What location in Colorado is famous for a society that built their city out of a cliff?

Mesa Verde

What European country was the first to establish trade w/ Japan & China?

Portuguese

What warm water current travels up the east coast of North America?

Gulf Stream

How many degrees are between the prime meridian and the international date line?

180 degrees

What were primary reasons why Europeans started exploring the rest of the world from 1492 on?

Gold, silver, spices, trade

The Aztecs expected a return of the god (Cuzco/Quetzalcoatl)

Quetzalcoatl

Who was Bartolomeu Dias and what is he famous for?

Rounding the cape of good hope.