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