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Most native Americans lived in these and Europeans were surprised that they did.
settled villages
These Indians lived in what we now call Guatemala and Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. They were skilled in math, their form of writing and astronomy. They were under the control of Spain by the 1500s.
Mayas
The type of ship built to sail in open seas and shallow river waters.
Caravel
This was spread to natives where ever explorers from Portugal and Spain went.
Catholicism
1- This animal gets the thumbs up sign from the Indians.
2- This animal gets the thumbs down sign from the Indians
1-Horse
2- Pig
Indians that lived in the Southwest region of North America were the:
Pueblos
These Indians built their capital city in the middle of Lake Texcoco, they performed human sacrifices to please their gods and were conquered by Hernando Cortes.
The Aztecs
This country was known for its excellent map makers. Christopher Columbus was born here too.
Italy
The four continents that Portugal and Spain began to explore after the Iberian peninsula was freed from Muslim attacks.
Africa, Asia, North America and South America
The disease brought from Europe that killed a lot of the Incas:
The Great Plains Indian homes were called:
tepees
These Indian lived in the Andes Mountains, their leader was called an Inca. They were conquered by Francisco Pizarro.
The Incas
These blow in the Atlantic ocean from east to west.
This man helped Native Americans from the mistreatment of the Conquistadors.
Bartolome de las Casas
The two countries that set out to find a water route to China were:
Portugal and Spain
The belief that everything has a spirit is called:
animism
He went to China and and met Kublai Khan and wrote about his adventures long before the Age of European Exploration.
Marco Polo
Name three things that sailors used while sailing the oceans:
compass, astrolabe and dead reckoning
The plant that had the biggest impact on the Americas and it depletes the soil quickly is:
Tobacco
He made a school for sailors to learn how to navigate the seas.
Prince Henry the Navigator
Earth molded into a shape of something is called a(n)
effigy mound
The mythical man in Africa that Europeans went to find to help defeat Muslim attacks.
Prester John
These were added to ships by the Venetians.
cannons
Name the three animals that Europeans brought to the Americas:
Cattle, horses, pigs.
He set out to sail around the world. He was killed in the Philippines, his crew made it back to Spain in three years. Who was he?
Ferdinand Magellan