Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Columbus
Latitude and Longitude
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An exchange between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres that included crops, animals, and diseases
What is the Columbian Exchange
100
A word meaning to change
What is convert
100
The three ships that were used by Columbus
What are the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
100
Imaginary lines that circle the globe in an east-west direction
What is latitude
100
The colony founded after the defeat of the Incan Empire
What is Peru
200
A group of people forming a community
What is a society
200
A journey made for a special purpose
What is an expedition
200
Purpose of his journey
What is to find a shorter route to the Indies
200
Imaginary lines that run in a north-south direction
What is longitude
200
Conquered the Incan Empire
Who is Pizarro
300
A religious settlement
What is a mission
300
A settlement far from the country that rules it
What is a colony
300
His voyages impact on the Americas
What is showing Europeans to the Americas
300
Lines of latitude and longitude cross each other
What is a grid
300
Spanish landowners wanting to keep slaves
What is made them rich
400
A large farm with workers who live on the land they work
What is a plantation
400
The capture or taking of something by force
What is a conquest
400
The year Columbus reached the Americas
What is 1492
400
The line of longitude marked 0 degrees
What is prime meridian
400
They often worked without pay and were expected to become Christians
What is life as an encomienda
500
A friend who will help in a fight
What is an ally
500
A person who lives in a colony
What is a colonist
500
While searching for an easier and quicker route to the Indies he landed here
What is the Bahamas
500
The "N" in 35 degrees N
What is North
500
Mrs. Corrigan's favorite color
What is green
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