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23 Cards in this Set
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What viking landed in L'Anse Aux Mcadows New Foundland and what year?
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Leif Ericson in 1001 A.D.
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Asians may have continued across what?
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The Bering Strait
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Seafarers where from where?
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Polynesia
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Columbus reached the Canary Islands and sighted land on what date?
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October 12, 1492
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Columbus came ashore on what and returned to Spain after three months?
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San Salvador
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Columbus died when?
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1506
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Spain wanted what?
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gold and spices that they thought Asia had and everything else they thought Asia had that they didn't
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People opened the Americas to European civilization and what happened?
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1. Tragic results for Native Americans( 90% died of diseases)
2. Turning point in history 3. Accelerated the rise of Spanish Power in Europe |
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Balbad crosses isthumus of what and discoveres the Pacific Ocean?
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Panama
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Who circumnavigates the world?
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Magellan
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Magellan had how many ships and how many men?
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five ships and 250 men
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Magellan killed what tribe?
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The Philippines
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Magellan sailed:
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Victory of Juan Sebastian de Elano
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Columbian Exchange:
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global exchange of goods and services
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Who was a a famous Aztec leader?
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Moctezuma
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Moctezuma believed Corte'z was a what?
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a god
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Cortez worked to win support of other who Native American resisted what rule?
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Aztec
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Cortez makes who a prisoner?
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Moctezuma
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Cortez returns with allies, caputre city, kills Moctezuma and does what to the capital of the Aztec city?
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Destroys the capital city, Technotitlan
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Pizarro sailed down what with how many men?
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He sailed down the Pacific Coast with 200 men
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Hernado Disoto and Pizarro captured what Inca emperor amid did what?
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They both captured Atahualpa and killed 4,000 wanted him to fill room with pure gold two times then killed him.
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By what date did Pizarro and his men control the Incan Empire?
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1535
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What were the reasons for Spanish victoires?
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1. highly trained soldiers
2. frightened by spanish horses 3. Native Americans were hesitant to fight 4. Internal problems weakend N.A 5. dieses killed native americans |
