Ch. 13 QUIZ
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| sailed all the way to the southern tip of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope, that many Europeans said was impossible | Bartolomeu Dias
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| the first European to reach the Far East by sea | Vasco da Gama
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| The Far East was sometimes called what? | "Indies"
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| had his own plan for a voyage to the "Indies"; discovered the New World | Christopher Columbus
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| Columbus sailed westward across the Atlantic in what three tiny ships? | Niña, Pinta, Santa Maria
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| What date did Columbus and his crew finally reach land- the island of San Salvador? | October 12, 1492
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| the colony Columbus had founded on Hispaniola | Santa Domingo
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| the first man to realize that Columbus had indeed discovered a new land; an Italian sailor who supposedly made four voyages to the New World around 1500 and allegedly wrote letters about his exploits | Amerigo Vespucci
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| In Amerigo Vespucci's honor, what did they name the New World? | America
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| Columbus believed he had arrived in the indies and called the Native Americans what? A name that still refers to the native peoples of the Americas. | "Indians"
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| the first Indian tribe Columbus encountered at San Salvador | Arawaks
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| Whom is the Caribbean Sea named for? | Caribs
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| the first great civilization in the Western Hemisphere | Mayas
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| the most important Indian civilization in South America | Incas
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| the most powerful Native American empire at the beginning of the Age of Exploration | Aztecs
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| the Aztec's capital city | Tenochtitlán
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| made the first Spanish landing on the North American mainland | Ponce de León
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| crossed the Isthmus of Panama and discovered the Pacific Ocean | Vasco de Balboa
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| a Portuguese sailor employed by Spain, embarked on a three-year voyage around the world | Ferdinand Magellan
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| conquered the Aztec Indians | Hernando Cortés
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| powerful chieftain of the Aztecs | Montezuma 2
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| conquered the Inca Indians of Peru | Francisco Pizarro
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| one party of his men discovered the Grand Canyon | Francisco Coronado
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| discovered the Mississippi River | Hernando de Soto
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| explored the coast of California | Juan Cabrillo
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| discovered Brazil | Pedro Cabral
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| a supposed water route through North America to the Pacific | Northwest Passage
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| explored for France the eastern coast of North America | Giovanni de Verrazano
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| led an expedition that discovered the St. Lawrence River in northeastern Canada | Jacques Cartier
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| the first modern explorer to reach the North American mainland called Newfoundland | John Cabot
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