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30 Cards in this Set
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What was established when Spain and Portugal agreed to the Line of Demarcation?
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The Treaty of Tordesillas
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What are conquistadors?
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Conquerer's for wealth
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Who claimed the pacific in 1513?
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Balboa
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Who discovered the Isthmus of Panama?
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Balboa
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Who discovered the Great South Sea?
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Balboa
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Who discovered the Phillipians?
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Megellan
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What three things did Megellan prove?
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1) He proved the earth was round
2) Earth was larger than thought 3) There is a great land mass in the middle |
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Who named the tip of Africa Cape Horn?
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Megellan
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Whom, in 1519, explored Mexico and the Aztecs?
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Cortez
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How many soliders did Cortez have, and what was he treated as?
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He had 600 soliders and he was treated as a god.
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Why was Cortez treated as a god?
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Because an Aztec legend says that a bearded person would come to the earth, and would help them
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Who explored Brazil? When? Where was this man from?
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Cabrall explored Brazil in 1500, and he was from Portugal.
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What did the Aztecs think that gold was?
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Tears from the sun
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Who takes over the Inca Tribe? In what country?
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Pizarro; Peru
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What did the Inca's think that gold was? Why?
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They thought that if was sweat from the sun, because they were workers.
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Who does Pizzaro capture and kill?
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Atahaulpa
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Why do Pizzaro's troops kill him?
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Because he gets wealthy and greedy.
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What are the borderlands?
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Southern reaches of the united states
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What are the borderlands setting a border for?
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New Spain and the unknown
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Who discovers Florida?
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Ponce De Leon
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Navarez pronounces himself governor of where? When?
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Florida; 1528
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Who are Estavanico and Vaca?
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Vaca is a leader who ends up going to Spain and writing a book about Indians. Estavanico is a translator and scout. He is also the first black man in America.
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How long were Estavanico and Vaca slaves for?
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5 years
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When Estavanico and Vaca escaped, where did they explore? How many miles did they travel? How long did it take? When was it?
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Explored South West across Rio Grande to Mexico. 1,000 miles, 8 years. 1533
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What does Coronado discover? When? What was he searching for?
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New Mexico, Grand Canyon, Kansas. 1540, golden cities.
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How do Estanvanico and Coronado get killed?
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by Indians
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When did Balboa explore?
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1513
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When did Megellan explore?
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1519
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When did Cortez explore?
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1519
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When did Pizarro explore?
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1532
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