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25 Cards in this Set
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Who was trying to find the Indes to buy silks and spices in order to make $$ and spread Christianity for the king and queen of Spain?
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Chris Columbus
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Columbus landed where and when?
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San Salvadore
1492 |
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In 1519 who was trying to discover a passage way at the Southern tip of the USA to shorten travel around the world?
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Ferdinand Magelian
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In 1519 who conquered the Aztecs and what did he do?
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Hernando Cortes
Made Mexico a Colony. |
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Who was sent by king of Spain to find riches and the passageway Strait of Anin? Did he find it?
what happened to him? |
Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo. He never found it.
Strong winds blew off course, no winds month 2,was the 1st one to see Calif & Indians-found San Diego month 3. had a language barrier. |
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What was thought to connect the Atlantic and pacific Oceans?
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Strait of Anin
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During 1519, what spanish ruler choose Cortes to lead an expedition? Where did he set sail from?
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Velasquez
Sailed from Cuba to gulf of mexico and met Indians |
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What did Cortes want more of and where was it?
what happened? |
gold located with the Aztecs in Montezuma.
A bloody battle and Cortes won and named the city Mexico City. Spread the Christain religion. |
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When did the Queen of england send Drake to America? Why?
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1577
to make surprise attacks on Spanish ships and lands in the New World. |
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What was Sir Francis Drakes route & describe it.
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Strait of magellan a narrow waterway at the Southern end of So America. A storm became violent. he burned a ship and one drowned. His ship, the golden Hind survived. He sailed North and plundered and stole gold, silver and jewels.
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Where did Drake land in America?
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North of San Francisco and he traded with Indians and claimed land for England--new Albion.
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In 179 what did Drake do?
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headed back to England, took a Western route across the pacific ocean around the So tip of Africa--& was the 1st to sail around the world.
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Which man did King Carlos of Spain want from New Spain to go to settle California?
And Who did he take? Where did they go? |
Garpar de Portola
Father Serra, Captain rivera and Father Crespi went to San Diego |
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what did Portola do to make sure Spain stayed in control of their land?
Where did they want to start missions? |
Land adn sea expeditions to settle settlements. Soldiers would protect the settlements and padres would start missions and convert Indians to Christians.
San Diego and Monterey |
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What happened in 1602?
who went with him? What was the route? |
Vizcaino was sent to Alta California to search for the Srait of Anian. Soldiers, sailers, Padres and a map maker.
the route was the saem as Cabrillo adn the map maker charted the bays, islands and capes along the coast. |
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What harbor did Cabrillo name that was changed to another name by Vizcaino? Where were the pine trees that Vizcaino found?What were the Indians like?
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San Miguel became San Diego.
the harbor was Monterey and the Indians were friendly & helpful. 1602 |
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What harbor did Viscaino miss wehn he sailed back to new Spain?
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San Francisco Bay
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How many years after Viscaino returned did the Spanish not sail into Californa harbors?
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more than 160 years
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What are longitudal lines? what is the main line called? Which way do the lines run?
What are the longitude lines west of the prime meridan marked? |
Measures distance west to east of the Prime meridian. The Prime Meridian is the main line of longitude.
From North to South Pole *W |
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What are the latitudal lines?
where do they measure distances? how are latitude lines marked north of the equator? |
Lines that run west to east and they measure distances North and South of the equator.
*N |
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What is the equator line of?
what is the prime meridian a line of? the line that connects the NO and So pole is called? |
Latitude
Longitude International Date line on one side of the earth and on the other is called Prime Meridain |
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1. What are the continents in the Western hemisphere?
2. What are the Continents in the Eastern Hemisphere? |
1. North America, So America Antartica.
2. Africa, Europe, Australia, Antartica, Asia |
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0* longitude consists of what and what?
What is 0* latitude? |
Prime meridian and international date line.
The equator |
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What is difference between an expedition and a trip?
what is a colony? |
Expedition has clear purpose and goal and a trip dopes not.
Land controlled by another country. |
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What is a Strait?
Name a Strait. |
A narrow passage of water connecting 2 larger bodies of water.
Strait of Magellan, Bering Strait |
