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Social Studies Test9

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Who was famous for their League of Five Nations and Society of False Faces? Iroquois
Who lived in Peru and built thousands of miles of roads over rocky land for protection? The Inca
Where did the Inka live? Peru
Who used special rooms called kivas for religious ceremonies and believed in spirits called kachinas? The Pueblo
Who was warlike and practiced human sacrifices to please their gods? Aztec
Who believed in the "great Spirit of Manitou" and memory scrolls? Algonquin
What was the special name for corn, beans and squash? Three Sisters
All native Americans grew what for food? corn
The Inca used what as a special way of writing by arranging knotted and colored strings? quipu
This man was a privateer, he explored the western coast of North America and circumnavigated the globe. Who was he? Drake
Who shut down the land routes to the Far East? Turks
This man was of Portugal and started a navigational school even though he was neven an explorer Prince Henry
This man was a Portuguese explorer who sailed south around the tip of Africa to India Vasco de Gama
Who was an Italian who sailed for Spain and discovered the "New World" in 1492 Christopher Columbus
Who was an Italian who sailed for England and discovered Newfoundland and Nova Scotia? Cabot
Who discovered the Grand Banks, rich fishing banks off the coast of Newfoundland? Cabot
What did the German mapmaker who drew the map for the New World name the map after? Amerigo Vespucci
What was named after Amerigo Vespucci? a map drawn by a german
Who was a Spanish explorer that searched for the "fountain of youth?" Ponce de Leon
What did Ponce de Leon find? Florida
Who was a ruthless and cruel Spanish explorer that conquered the Aztec of Mexico? Cortes
Who was the first European explorer to see the Pacific Ocean? Balboa
Who conquered the Inca Empire in Peru? the Spanish explorer Pizarro
Who was killed in the Philippine Island while trying to circumnavigate the world? Portuguese explorer, Magellan
Who sailed for both the English and the Dutch in search for a Northwest Passage through North America? Hudson
Italian Explorer sailed for France along the Atlantic Coast of North America Verrazano
French explorer that explored the St. Lawrence region of Canada Cartier
Spanish explorer that discovered the Mississppi River flowed south into the Gulf of Mexico De Soto
Spanish Explorer traveled in the Southwest and discovered the Grand Canyon Coronado
An agreement that split the in two between Spain and Portugal Treaty of Tordesillas
Important navigational tool in the 15th century astrolabe
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