CH 15-20 7th Gr - SMS
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Leif Erikson | son of Eric the Red
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| Norsemen | another name for Vikings
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| Gutenberg | he printed a book
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| Thorn | a God, worshipped by the Vikings
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| Prince Henry | Got to China by going around Africa
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| Snorri | first white baby in America
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| Chinese | he invented the compass
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| Thorin Kailsefni | married to Gurid
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| Thorvald | first white person killed
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| Vikings | told stories about elves and trolls
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| ignorant people during the 15th Century | couldn't read
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| Greek geographer whose inaccurately measured the size of the earth | Ptomley
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| Genoa, Italy | birthplace of Columbus
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| Marco Polo | he wrote the books that taught Columbus about China; and reported thousands of islands off China
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| Columbus's 2nd trip was a failure because he didn't find... | spices or gold
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| Zacuto | scientist and mathematician from Portugal who charted the stars which helped sailors figure out latitude and predict eclipses of the sun and moon
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| Balboa established this | the first European settlement
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| brought from the Old World to the New World | cattle, sheep, horses, pigs, etc...
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| brought from the New World to the Old World | Corn, Potatoes, tobacco, turkey, etc...
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| place where Columbus got marooned | Jamaica
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| Seville | port in Spain where Magellan left from
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| Moluccas | Spice Islands
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| Pacific | peaceful or peace-loving
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| Patagonians | natives of South America
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| Pigafetta | kept written record of Magellan's voyage
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| Tierra del fuego | "Land of Fire" on the southern tip of South America
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| putrid | something disgusting or rotten
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| Enrique | first man to sail around the world
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| Columbus | Cristobal Colon
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| King Ferdinand | Ruler of Spain
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| Grand Kahn | Ruler of Ancient China
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| Arrawaks | language spoken by the Tainos Indians
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| Tainos | friendly, generous, intelligent indians
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| Caribs | vicious tribe that practice cannibalism
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| Louis de Santangel | treasurer of Aragon, Spain
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| Palos | Spanish port that Columbus left from
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| Canary Islands | where Columbus and his crew first stopped for supplies
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| Sargasso Sea | large area of thick green seaweed
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| Colba | large caribbean island with gold (now Cuba)
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| San Salvador | Spanish Holy Savior & island named by Columbus
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| astrolabe | navigational instrument used to find latitude
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| tierra | spanish word for land
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| mutiny | revolt or rebellion on board a ship
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| Bahamas | place where America was first sighted from
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| rigging | the ropes on the sail of a ship
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| Balboa | Spanish explorer who married the daughter of Comaco
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