The People
Map & Globe Skills
Vocabulary
What's the Number?
"C" Words
100
This Spanish explorer conquered Moctezuma and the Aztec Empire of Mexico.
Who was Hernando Cortes?
100
a set of imaginary lines that measure distance east or west of the prime meridian
What is longitude?
100
a friend who will help in a fight
What is an ally?
100
the number of trips Columbus made to America
What is 4?
100
a settlement far from the country that rules it
What is a colony?
200
He sailed to America on the Santa Maria, which was shipwrecked off the coast of Haiti on Christmas Eve.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
200
what the little circle stands for in this measurement: 12⁰ N
What is degrees?
200
a group of people forming a community
What is a society?
200
the number of lessons in this chapter
What is 3?
200
the capture or taking of something by force
What is a conquest?
300
He defeated the Inca Empire of Peru for the Spanish.
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
300
the most important line of latitude
What is the equator?
300
a religious settlement where missionaries live and work
What is a mission?
300
the point located at 90⁰ North latitude (Santa would know this!)
What is the North Pole?
300
a person who lives in a colony
What is a colonist?
400
a Spanish priest who defended the rights of native American people
Who was Bartolome de Las Casas?
400
a set of imaginary lines that measure distance north or south of the equator
What is latitude?
400
a Spanish conqueror
What is a conquistador?
400
on his first voyage to America, the number of ships Columbus brought back to Spain
What is 2? (the Nina & the Pinta)
400
to change from one religion to another
What is convert?
500
the Italian explorer who was the first to realize that America was a new land, not just part of Asia
Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
500
the most important line of longitude
What is the prime meridian?
500
a grant that gave a wealthy settler control of the native people who lived on an area of land
What is an encomienda?
500
the year Columbus first came to America
What is 1492?
500
a movement of people, animals, plants, diseases, and ways of life between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
What is the Columbian Exchange?
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