Portuguese Exploration
Spanish Exploration
Aztec Conquest
Definitions
9/11
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Who is this?
Vasco da Gama
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What was Hernán Cortés?
A Spanish Conquistador
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What was the Aztec capital city?
Tenochtitlan
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Circumnavigate means...
To completely travel around the world.
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Who is this
Osama Bin Laden
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What was the main goal of Portuguese exploration?
The Portuguese wanted to find a faster route to Asia to access spices, fabrics, and gold. They also wanted to control the spice trade.
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What are the three G's?
Gold, Glory, and God
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Who led the Spanish forces in conquering the Aztecs?
Hernán Cortés
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A colony is...
A settlement of people living in a new territory, linked with the parent country made by direct government control and trade.
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Who was the terrorist group who executed the attacks on 9/11?
Al Qaeda
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Where did Vasco de Gana and his crew arrive in 1498?
Off of the port Calicut
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What were the Spanish explorers searching for?
Land and gold
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What were the major consequences of the Aztec conquest?
Collapse of the Aztec empire, establishment of Spanish rule in Mexico, and devastating population decline due to disease
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What is evangelization?
The act of converting people to Christianity.
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Which tower was hit first?
The North Tower
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How did the Portuguese use recent developments in technology to explore?
The Portuguese used developments in navigation, cartography, and maritime technology such as the caravel to explore.
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What two places did Columbus reach in Central America?
The Caribbean islands and Honduras.
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Why did the Aztecs initially welcome the Spanish?
Led by Hernán Cortés, they believed that he was the returning god Quetzalcoatl
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Plantation is...
A large agricultural estate.
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This team carried out the mission of Operation Neptune Spear. What specific team is this?
Seal Team 6
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What did the Portuguese captains hear about that made them decide to start to travel south?
They heard reports of a route to India around the southern tip of Africa.
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What are the three main reasons for the Spanish exploration?
The desire to expand its knowledge of the world, to discover spices and riches, and to expand Christianity.
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How did the Spanish manage to defeat a much larger Aztec army?
Superior weapons, alliances with other indigenous groups, and the spread of smallpox
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What is a joint-stock company?
A company owned by shareholders.
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Who was assassinated on the second floor landing of Osama Bin Laden's compound?
Khalid Bin Laden (Osama Bin Laden's brother)