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Native American Empires
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Countries and Explorers
100

Where was Columbus originally from?

Italy

100

What goods from Asia did Europeans want?

Silks and Spices

100

Native American Empire that performed sacrifices

Aztecs

100

An instrument used to plan a course, using the stars

Astrolabe

100

Columbus sailed for which Empire?

Spain

200

Where did Columbus think he landed? 

India

200

What were the 3 Gs?

God, Glory, and Gold

200

Explorer who made contact with the Aztec Empire and eventually defeated it

Hernan Cortes

200
An instrument that shows the direction of magnetic North

Compass

200

John Cabot sailed for which Empire

England

300

What was the name of the land "road" that stretched from Europe to Asia?

Silk Road

300

What rank on the Encomedia (Triangle) list seen in your notes were the Native Americans?

Last

300

What stones were embedded in the clubs and swords of the Aztec warriors?

Obsidian

300

Related to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome

Classical

300

Prince Henry was the Prince of what Empire?

Portugal

400

Who was famous for the saying "burn the boats"?

Hernan Cortes

400

Name of the Portuguese Prince who helped set up Navigation Schools

Prince Henry the Navigator

400

How did early Native Americans get to the Americas?

Crossed the Land Bridge or small boat

400

A sea passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans along the coast of North America

Northwest Passage

400

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella led what Empire?

Spain

500

What was Christopher Columbus' real last name?

Columbo

500

What were the Ottomans doing to Europeans that forced them to have to find new ways to Asia

Taxing them

500

What killed 9/10 native Americans during the Colonial Age?

Diseases

500

Settler who pays rent or provides work to a landowner in exchange for the right to use the land

Tenant Farmer

500

What happened to Ferdinand Magellan on his voyage to circumnavigate the globe? 

Killed in the Philippines