Christopher Columbus
Vespucci & Magellan
Mayans
Aztecs
Incas
100
What shape did Columbus believe the world to be?
Round
100
What is the name of the new land named after Amerigo Vespucci?
It was called America
100
Did the Mayan farmers & craftsmen live in the cities or the jungles?
Jungles
100
What food did the Aztecs make from cacao plants?
CHOCOLATE !!! (yay!!)
100
What did the Incan King Huayna Capac build that made trade and travel easy within the empire?
He built good, wide roads.
200
What hazards did merchants traveling to India face? Name one.
It was a long rough journey, they had to fight off bandits and war bands, they had to face hostile Ottoman Turks.
200
Where did Magellan die?
Philippines
200
What is the bridge of land that links North and South America?
Central America
200
What were the streets of the aztec city like?
They were canals.
200
The Incas traded many kinds of goods. They traded cloth made from sheep wool and what other animal's wool?
Llama
300
Name two of Columbus's three ships.
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
300
What did Magellan call the ocean on the other side of South America, and explain how he chose the name.
The Pacific because it was so calm.
300
What is one way the Mayan kings looked "godlike"?
They filed their teeth into fangs, painted their faces, had pointed heads, crossed eyes. (ew!!)
300
Name two of the unusual foods the Aztecs ate?
Water lizards; salamanders; frogs; fish eggs; algae pressed into cakes; ducks; birds; deer; rabbits; fermented cactus juice.
300
How did the city governors send messages to one another?
They tied complicated knots in ropes that messengers carried from one city to another.
400
When Columbus landed on the islands off the coast of Florida, he called the people "Indians" because he thought he had landed in India. What gifts did these "Indians" bring him? Name 2.
balls of cotton thread, parrots, sweet potatoes, green peppers.
400
What do we call the river that cuts through the southern tip of South America?
Straits of Magellan
400
What happened to the losers of the Mayan ball game?
Their heads were cut off (ouch!)
400
How did the Aztecs grow crops on the lake? Be very descriptive.
They covered the lake with mats with dirt on top. Then the plants grew on the mats and their roots stretched down into the lake water.
400
In modern day, what do we call the country where the Incas lived?
Peru
500
Many of the sailors became ill after being out at sea for a long time and they didn't have access to fresh fruits and vegetables. What was the name of the disease they had?
Scurvy
500
Magellan reached two groups of islands before his ship got to India. Name one group.
Marianas and the Philippines.
500
Name two reasons the Mayan cities crumbled away into the jungle.
The cities grew so big that the ground around them could grow enough food to support all the city people; hurricanes and earthquakes toppled buildings; people were tired of the cruel kings; the Aztecs were attacking.
500
The name of the city the Aztecs lived in was called "Tenochtitlan" . Can you pronounce it correctly?
(dictionary)
500
The city of Cuzco was laid out in the shape of what animal?
A puma.
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