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Chinese Explorer that led great voyages & Spread China's Fame throughout Asia. 

Who is Zheng He

100

What place was called the "New World"?

What is America?

100
An Action word that means to "attract with the promise of something tempting"
What is "Lure"? Vocabulary word (Lured)
100

What is a synonym for "holy" or "highly respected"?

Sacred

100

The number of Syllables in the word "conquistadors"

Four

200

A Spanish Explorer who conquered the Aztecs

Who is Cortez?

200
The Aztecs were a warrior tribe settled in a region of which modern day country?

What is Modern Day Mexico

200

To overcome and take control of (a place or people) by use of force.

What is "Conquer"?

200
What is a synonym for "mass arrival" or "incoming"?
What is Influx?
200

Bartholomeu Dias was a maritime explorer for what country?

Portugal

300

1st to travel around tip of Africa, "Cape of Good Hope"

Bartholomeu Dias

300
A Rocky promontory off the southern end of Cape Peninsula, Western Cape Province, South Africa. It is mistakenly thought of as the southernmost point of Africa. 

Where is "Cape of Good Hope"

300

A vigorous campaign for social, political or religious Change. 

What is a "Crusade"?

300

Examine, Seek, Search, Analyze, Delve are synonyms of this vocabulary word

What is Explore?

300

Cape Agulhas is the true southern point of Africa. It is located over 200 km away from THIS famous spot where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet. 

What is the "Cape of Good Hope"

400

A warrior tribe in Modern day Mexico who were defeated by Cortez

Who were the Aztecs

400

This term was coined by Amerigo Vespucci in 1501 and used to describe the Americas. This letter was published a letter in Latin (Mundus Novus) telling others of his discovery of a "novo terrarum hemisphaerio" or New Hemisphere of the Earth. 

"New World"

400

to gain advantage or monetary gain

Profit (vocabulary word: profitable)

400

What is a synonym for "forced"

What is "Imposed"

400

A person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry.

Who is a "Mestizo"?
500

A name for a Spanish Conqueror

What is "Conquistador"?

500

A region of southeastern Asia that includes India, China, and Japan

"Where is the Far East"

500

What action word means "to settle among and establish political control over (the indigenous people of an area)."?

Colonize

500

A word that means "bringing advantage or monetary gain"

What is "Profitable"?

500

This ancient civilization is known for being the last of the great Mesoamerican cultures before the Europeans arrived. They built impressive temple-pyramids, used sophisticated techniques of agriculture, their eagle warriors built a great empire, and they made human sacrifices to their gods.

Who are the Aztecs?

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