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