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True or False: The people at Prince Henry's school learned ways to improve sea travel and invented navigation tools.
True!
What is one fact that shows the Spaniards treated the Aztecs harshly?
The Spaniards took Moctezuma, the Aztec leader, prisoner
The Spaniards fought the Aztecs and destroyed their empire.
What is one effect the Columbian Exchange had on Native Americans?
They were forced to work as slaves.
They were killed in conflicts with the Europeans.
They were killed by disease from the Europeans.
Which is the correct sequence of these events:
A: Leif Ericsson founds a settlement in North America - Prince Henry starts his navigation school - Bartolomeu Dias rounds Africa - Vasco da Gama reaches India.
B: Bartolomeu Dias rounds Africa - Prince Henry starts his navigation school - Leif Ericsson founds a settlement in North America - Vasco da Gama reaches India
C: Vasco da Gama reaches India - Bartolomeu Dias rounds Africa - Prince Henry starts his navigation school - Leif Ericsson founds a settlement in North America
A: Leif Ericsson founds a settlement in North America - Prince Henry starts his navigation school - Bartolomeu Dias rounds Africa - Vasco da Gama reaches India.
What is another fact that shows the Spaniards treated the Aztecs harshly?
The Spaniards took Moctezuma, the Aztec leader, prisoner
The Spaniards fought the Aztecs and destroyed their empire.
What effect did the Columbian exchange have on Africans?
Many Africans were captured, enslaved, and sent by force to the Americas to replace Native American laborers who had died.
Name one advancement in technology that improved sea travel in the 1400s. Double points if you can name two!
caravel, astrolabe, better maps, compass
Name two crops or animals introduced to Europe from the Americas because of the Columbian Exchange.
corn, peanuts, potatoes, squash, pineapples, turkeys guinea pigs, llamas
What were some positive effects of the Columbian Exchange?
People gained new foods and animals
True or false: Coronado and de Soto failed to find gold and riches.
True!
Name two crops or animals introduced to the Americas because of the Columbian Exchange.
wheat, rice, peaches, lettuce, onions, coffee, bananas, sugar cane, horses, pigs, chickens, cattle
Why were European rulers willing to pay for expensive explorations?
They expected to find riches and spread Christianity.
What was the significance of Ferdinand Magellan's voyage?
Double points if you can give me the word that means the same thing!
It was the first expedition to sail completely around the world.
Bonus: circumnavigate
Explain what the Columbian Exchange was.
How can explorers today avoid harming the places they visit?
They can take care not to destroy plants and animals or pollute the air.