Who
What
Where
When
Why
100
Who sent Christopher Columbus on his voyages?
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
100
What is a caravel?
a smaller, lighter ship with triangular sails
100
Where was Columbus trying to go?
Asia
100
please name in sequence the four mesoamerican societies
Olmec, Mayan, Aztec and Inca
100
Why was the Printing Press such an important invention?
for the first time, thousands of people can read the same book at the same time
200
Surviving members of whose crew were the first to circumnavigate the globe?
Magellan
200
What is an astrolabe?
a device that used the stars to get location
200
Where did Marco Polo go for 20 years?
Asia
200
When did the PaleoIndians cross the Bering Land Bridge?
20,000 years ago
200
Why did all of the explorers want to find a direct route to Asia?
spices, cut out the middle man (med. merchants), interest in their culture (Marco Polo)
300
Who was the first to successfully sail from Europe to Asia?
Vasco de Gama
300
Which country was the leader in exploration technology?
Portugal
300
Where are the Aztecs from?
present day Mexico
300
When did Columbus land in the Americas?
1492
300
Why are Native Americans called Indians?
because Columbus thought that he landed in India
400
Who was the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in Southern Africa?
Bartolomeu Dias
400
What was the conquistadors biggest advantage in defeating the Aztec and the Inca?
armor and weapons
400
Where are the Inca from?
present day Peru
400
When did the Sir Walter Raleigh start the colony of Roanoke?
1585
400
Why are we called America?
Amerigo Vespucci and the mapmakers
500
Who was the first European to found a settlement in North America?
Leif Ericksson, Vikings
500
Who built the school of navigation in Portugal?
Prince Henry the Navigator
500
What was the Middle Passage?
journey across the Atlantic (from Africa to Americas) that enslaved people would take
500
What happened in 1517?
The Protestant Reformation
500
Why was the Line of Demarcation moved 800 miles west?
To prevent war between the Spainsh and the Portuguese
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