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Explorers
European Exploration
Geography
100
Spanish conqueror who defeated Indian civilizations
Conquistador
100
An agreement between countries and groups to aid and support each other
Alliance
100
1492 explorer - 3 g's : gold, god, glory
Christopher Columbus
100
What is the water route through or around North America?
Northwest passage
100
What determines exact locations?
Latitude and longitude
200
To travel all the way around the Earth
Circumnavigate
200
A large farm
Plantation
200
America is named after him
Amerigo Vespucci
200
Colonies exist to make the mother country wealthy and strong
Mercantilism
200
What is the study of people, their environments, and their resources?
Geography
300
A territory under direct control of a state or country
Colony
300
Distance measured NORTH or SOUTH from the equator
Latitude
300
Who was the first to circumnavigate the Earth?
Ferdinand Magellan
300
First hand information about people or events
Primary source
300
There are two of these: each are one half of the Earth - divided by the equator or Prime Meridian
Hemispheres
400
Narrow passage that connects two large bodies of water
Strait
400
The idea that countries existed to make the home country wealthy and powerful
Mercantilism
400
Who was the first to see the Pacific Ocean?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
400
Way of life
Culture
400
Lines that measure NORTH and SOUTH
Latitude
500
Distance measured EAST or WEST from the Prime Meridian
Longitude
500
Water route through or around North America
Northwest passage
500
Who was a conquistador who conquered the Aztecs?
Hernando Cortes
500
The exchange of goods, ideas, and diseases between the hemispheres
Columbian Exchange
500
What do longitude and latitude do?
DETERMINE EXACT LOCATION