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World History
Question | Answer |
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what was the first american civilization in southern mexico? | olmecs |
what city was located in central america (mexico, guatemala, and honduras)? | maya |
who ruled central mexico? | aztecs |
what is the capital city of the aztec empire? | tenochtitian |
what god had a head of an feathered serpent? | chinampas |
who was the last aztec emperor? | Montezuma II |
the ball courts were used for? | religious ball games |
who ruled the western south america (andes mountains)? | incas |
who harvested the first potato crops? | incas |
what is it called when you cut steps in the mountains to farm? | terrage farming |
what is the pope's line of demarcation? | Portugal got all land to the east and Spain got all land to the west |
what is the treaty of tordesillas? | pope moved the line further west and Portugal received brazil |
the theory that became popular in renaissance is called? | mercantilism |
what was the trade with the colonies? | colonies could only trade with mother country |
which viking explorer discovered Greenland (his son Leif founded Canada)? | Erik The Red |
who was Leif Ericson? | the first European to land in North America |
who was Prince Henry? | he was a Portuguese politics |
which Portuguese explorer sailed around the southern tip of Africa in 1487? | Bartolomieu Dias |
who was the first European to sail from Europe to east Asia? | Vasco Da Gama |
which explorer landed in the Bahamas? | Christopher Columbus |
who discovered Brazil? | Pedro Cabral |
who was the Italian mapmaker who saw that America was not part of Asia? | Amerigo Vespucci |
who was the first man to lead a voyage? | Ferdinand Magella |
who was the Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Aztecs? | Hernan Cortez |
who was the Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Incas? | Francisco Pizzarro |
who was the explorer who mapped the coast of North America for England? | John Cabot |
who explored Eastern Canada and the Great Lakes region for France? | Samuel De Cohmplain |
who searched the North West passage to Asia? | Henry Hudson |
who would sell each other into slavery for guns and products? | African tribes |
what do colonists need workers for? | American mines and Plantations |
what was the Triangular Trade Route between? | Europe, Africa, and the Americans |