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49 Cards in this Set
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When did the Vikings first arrive in North America?
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1001
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Who was the leader of the Vikings?
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Leif Ericcson
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Where did the Vikings land?
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Newfoundland
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Why did the Vikings leave?
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They had much conflict with the Native Americans
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Was the Vikings attempt to settle a success or failure?
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Failure
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Who first reached the tip of South America?
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Who was the first to sail around the world?
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Ferdinand Magellan
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What vocabulary means to sail around the world?
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circumnavigate
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Who was the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean through North America?
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Vasco de Balboa
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How did Vasco de Balboa reach the Pacific Ocean?
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he walked through Panama
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Who was known as the Spanish Governor of Puerto Rico?
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Juan Ponce de Leon
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Who was the explorer that was in search of the Fountain of Youth?
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Juan Ponce de Leon
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Who was the first European who discovered Florida?
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Juan Ponce de Leon
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Who was the Spanish explorer that first searched the northern Florida and Alabama?
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Hernando de Soto
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Define conquistador.
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Spanish conquerer
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Who conquered the Aztec Empire?
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Hernando Cortes
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What did the Spanish have that the Aztec Empire did not have?
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Spanish had better weapons such as cannons and swords
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Why did it take the Spanish so long to defeat the Aztecs?
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The Aztec Empire was so large
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Why did Cortes need to conquer the Aztec Empire?
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The Spanish needed workers for the farms and mines
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Who was the leader of the Aztec Empire?
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Montezuma
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Who was the explorer that finally said that the land discovered by Columbus was NOT Asia?
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Who gave Amerigo Vespucci credit for figuring out that North America was not Asia?
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Martin Waldseemuller
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Who was Pope Alexander VI?
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He created the Treaty of Tordesillas
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Define line of demarcation
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It was an imaginary line running through the Atlantic Ocean that divided the territory between Spain and Portugal
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What did Spain gain from the Treaty of Tordesillas?
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Control of the land in the new world
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What did Portugal gain from the Treaty of Tordesillas?
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sea route to Asia
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Define Columbian Exchange
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global transfer of goods from Europe to the New World that began with the voyages of Christopher Columbus
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When did the Columbian Exchange begin?
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1492
when Columbus began his voyages |
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What are three items that Europe sent to the New World during the Columbian Exchange?
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olives, diseases, sugar cane, fruit, oats, barley, and rice
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What are there items that the New World sent to Europe during the Columbian Exchange?
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diseases, corn, tobacco, wheat, potatoes, rum, and squash
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Who conquered the Incan Empire?
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Franciso Pizarro
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Who conquered and explored the southwestern part of the US for the Spanish?
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Francisco de Coronado
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What are the three factors that determined the Spanish
American Social Class system? |
birth
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Who were the peninsulares?
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people living in New Spain that was born in Spain
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Who were the criollos?
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people who were born in the colonies to Spanish parents
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Who were the mestizos?
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people living in New Spain who were a mixture of Native American and Spanish heritage
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Rank these in order of highest to lowest...mestizos, peninsulares, criollos
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peninsulares
criollos mestizos |
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What were the French in search of?
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Northwest Passage
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Define Northwest Passage.
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IDEA that a water route through North America existed as a shortcut
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What did the French do while they were in North America?
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trapped fur
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Who was the first person sent by the French government to find the Northwest Passage?
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Giovanni de Verrazano
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Who was the person who mapped the coastline for France and first traveled the St. Lawrence River?
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Jacques Cartier
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Who was Samuel de Champlain?
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He was the French explorer that set up the colony of New France
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Who first traveled the Mississippi River for the French?
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Louis Joliet
and Jacques Marquette |
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Who followed the Mississippi River all the way to the Gulf of Mexico?
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Rene-Robert La Salle
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Who claimed the region of Louisiana for the French?
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Rene-Robert La Salle
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How did Louisiana get its name?
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King Louis of France
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What are three reason the English wanted to come to America?
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1. escape religious persecution
2. to search for jobs 3. adventure 4. escape debt |
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What was the Enclosure Movement?
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period of time when farms in England converted to sheep farms because of the high demand for wool
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