Land 'O Lakes
A body of water surrounded by land
What is a lake?
This vocabulary word means "to give or kill something for a religious purpose".
What is "sacrifice"?
This vocabulary word means "to travel completely around something".
What is "circumnavigate"?
It's the country where the Renaissance began.
What is Italy?
It’s the scientific process that wears away the ruins of ancient civilizations when they are exposed to nature.
What is weathering?
This word refers to a starting point or beginning of a river's water.
What is a source?
This explorer conquered the Aztec in 1521 and claimed Mexico for Spain.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
The country that Christopher Columbus sailed for.
What is Spain?
He's the artist who painted the Mona Lisa.
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
It’s the preposition found in the following sentence:
“Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas.”
What is “to”?
A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water
What is a strait?
This civilization mysteriously collapsed by 950 A.D.; archaeologists still don't know exactly why this happened.
What is the Mayan civilization?
The sailing route that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Northwest Passage?
It's a religious institution that hired many artists during the Renaissance.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
It’s something from nature that is useful to humans, such as the petroleum found in Lake Maracaibo.
What is a natural resource?
This is a part of a canal that has gates for lowering and raising the water level.
What is a lock?
The animal that played a central role in the life and culture of the Inca.
What are llamas?
Europeans originally sailed to the Americas to find a new route to this place.
What are the Spice Islands?
It's a term is used to describe someone who is good at many things.
What is "Renaissance man"?
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What is "jack-of-all-trades"?
It’s the approximate number of years since the Mayan Civilization collapsed around 950 A.D.
What is 1050?
This lake is the source of the Nile River.
What is Lake Victoria?
This Mayan invention was particularly impressive because their civilization did not have modern technology.
What was the Mayan 365-day solar calendar?
This explorer was considered a pirate by Spain and a hero by England; his strategies helped defeat the Spanish Armada.
Who is Sir Francis Drake?
It's a book that was shocking because it said ruling properly sometimes requires ruthlessness.
What is The Prince?
It’s the job of silent final e in the word “perspective,” a technique used to give depth to two-dimensional artworks.
What is “Job 2: English words don’t end in V or U”?