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Vocabulary
Mrs. Leydon's Challenge
100
The ________ helped Europeans spread Christianity to native peoples.
What is Bible.
100
A _________ needle always points north.
What is compass.
100
Name two new foods explorers brought back to Europe.
What are potatoes, squash, corn, tomatoes, beans, cacao, or pineapples.
100
What is the name given to North and South America by European explorers?
What is New World.
100
True or false. Both the Aztecs and Mayans believed in many gods.
What is true.
200
True or false. Planting a flag on new land means, "My country and my ruler now own this land."
What is true.
200
What are drawings of the shapes of bodies of land and water?
What are maps.
200
Europeans quickly became addicted to ______, when it was brought back from the New World.
What is tobacco.
200
An _________ is a person who travels in search of new geographical information.
Who is explorer
200
What is the Aztec phrase for being married?
What is "tied together".
300
What was the most valuable item explorers brought back to Europe? (Hint: It was a measure of wealth.)
What is gold.
300
An ________ will help you determine latitude if you point it at the Sun or another star.
What is astrolabe.
300
Which new food had been used by Native Americans for thousands of years for roasting, boiling, popping, and grinding into flour?
What is corn.
300
What is the period in the 1500s when Europeans started searching for lands they did not know called?
What is Age of Exploration.
300
Who was the Viking explorer who discovered Vinland, or North America?
Who is Leif Eriksson.
400
Explorers carried _______ to honor their kings and queens.
What is flags.
400
Which tool could be used to tell cardinal directions and could be used in fog or total darkness?
What is compass.
400
True or false. Tobacco grew best in Europe.
What is false.
400
Tobacco is a _______ ________. It was grown in the Americas and sold in large quantities to Europeans.
What is cash crop.
400
Who was the Viking banished from Iceland for killing several other men?
Who is Erik the Red.
500
The Age of Exploration began when Eurpoeans began to search for a new trade route to ________.
What is Asia
500
True or false. By measuring the angle of a star, an explorer could determine which line of latitude he was at.
What is true.
500
Who were the first Europeans to grow tomatoes as a food crop?
Who were Italians.
500
What is rock or earth from which metal can be taken known as?
What is ore.
500
Name the crop that was the most important in the Aztec diet.
What is maize.
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