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Mayas, Aztecs or Incas?: Valued marriage, punished adultery by death
Aztecs
Mayas, Aztecs or Incas?: Built their capital in the middle of a lake
Aztecs
Mayas, Aztecs or Incas?: Made discoveries in astronomy and mathematics
Mayas
Mayas, Aztecs or Incas?: Montezuma
Aztecs
Mayas, Aztecs or Incas?: Atahualpa
Incas
Mayas, Aztecs or Incas?: Quetzalcoatl
Aztecs
Mayas, Aztecs or Incas?: Tenochtitlan / Mexico City
Aztecs
Mayas, Aztecs or Incas?: Lived in Central America (Guatemala and Yucatan Peninsula)
Mayas
GIVE and EXPLAIN at least two of the motives for European exploration.
Social, Political, Religious & Economic (see pg. 120 of textbook for explanation).
Which of the following navigational aids did the European explorers NOT use? A. GPS B. trade winds C. compass D. astrolabe
GPS
The caravel was a...
ship designed for efficient ocean travel.
The Iroquois Confederacy was located in which modern state?
New York
Which explorer gave the Pacific Ocean its name?
Magellan
Francis Xavier was a Jesuit missionary to which country?
Japan
The Cape of Good Hope is at the southern tip of which continent?
Africa
The people of this empire expected the return of their god Quetzalcoatl.
Aztec
Cuzco was the capital of which empire?
Inca
This empire made many discoveries in astronomy and mathematics.
Maya
Which of the following was based on an estimation? A. Dead Reckoning B. Mayan calendar C. caravel building
A. Dead Reckoning
Which Portuguese ruler set up a school for navigation?
Prince Henry the Navigator
Name the Italian explorer who journeyed to the Far East, served in the service of Kublai Khan, and published the record of his experiences?
Marco Polo
The Inca Empire was located along the Andes of what continent?
South America
What was the sailor’s most useful navigational instrument?
Compass
What Native American civilization developed a calendar as accurate as the one we use today?
Mayas
Name the king and queen who financed Christopher Columbus’s voyage.
King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella
Give the name for the Spanish explorers who brutally destroyed Native American civilizations.
Conquistadores
What Native American civilization worshipped the sun and put sheets of gold on the stones of Cuzco to remind them of their chief god?
Incas
What Native American civilization built their capital, Tenochtitlan on an island in the middle of a lake in central Mexico?
Aztecs
English explorer who traveled around the world
Drake
Spanish explorer whose crew traveled around the world
Magellan
First to find a trade route to India
da Gama
First to find a route around Africa
Dias
Missionary to the Native Americans
Las Casas
Sailed west in 1492 and discovered a new continent
Columbus
Conquistador who defeated the Incas
Pizarro
Conquistador who defeated the Aztecs
Cortes
True or False?: Queen Elizabeth of England financed Drake’s expeditions.
True
True or False?: Tobacco did NOT grow in the New World until the Europeans brought it with them.
False
True or False?: The Roman Catholic Church helped protect the Native Americans against abuses by Spanish explorers.
True
True or False?: Diseases brought by European explorers killed many Native Americans.
True
True or False?: Portugal financed the explorations of Christopher Columbus.
False
True or False?: Siam was able to avoid European colonization.
True
True or False?: Bartolomeu Dias explored the New World for Spain.
False
True or False?: The Venetians were among the first to use cannons onboard their ships.
True
True or False?: The Mayas built pyramids that are similar to the ones in Egypt.
True
True or False?: The astrolabe could be used both during the day and at night.
True
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