People
Sailed to the Americas on the Santa María, the Niña, and the Pinta.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Daily Double: What does overseas exploration mean?
across the ocean or sea
This civilization created floating gardens!
Aztec
Name one crop that was traded.
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Which ice cream treat is Dairy Queen famous for?
Blizzard!
This man was eager for Portugal to explore the world, and he paid for many voyages of exploration. He never actually set sail himself!
Who is Prince Henry or Henry the Navigator?
Name one motive of exploration.
spices, $$$, glory..
This civilization was located in the Andes Mountains (current day Peru)
Inca
DAILY DOUBLE Name one positive impact of exploration.
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What fast food restaurant introduced a popular advertising campaign in 1997 that featured a talking chihuahua?
Taco Bell
Daily Double
This explorer conquered the Aztec Empire.
Who is Hernando Cortes?
Shipbuilders improved ships by creating what type of sail?
A triangular sail.
The capital of this civilization was Tenochtitlan.
Aztec
Name one negative impact of exploration.
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What fast food restaurant is credited with introducing the first modern-day drive-thru window?
What is Wendys.
Pepper, cinnamon, and nutmeg were in great demand! These are all types of _________, which preserve and flavor food, and for perfumes, cosmetics, and medicine.
What are spices?
Daily Double: Quechua was the official language of this civilization.
Inca
What is the term used to describe "the global diffusion of plants, food crops, animals, human populations, and disease pathogens that took place after the voyages of Christopher Columbus (1492) and other European mariners"
What is the Columbian Exchange
Kansas.
This man was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This ancient Greek instrument that was used to find latitude.
What is astrolabe?
What crop was the most important for the Mayan civilization?
CORN
This was one of the most important crops that was traded, as it was used to feed both animals and people, and also reduced famine.
What is CORN
Daily Double: What is the oldest soft drink in America?