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Ikeno G7 Chapter 6 Stack #177284

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Conquered the Incan empire Francisco Pizzaro
First to sail around the world Ferdinand Magellan
Person who opened a school for navigation Prince Henry
Explorer who rounded the tip of Africa Bartolomeu Dias
First Portuguese to sail to India Vasco da Gama
Explorer that destroyed Tenochtitlan and built Mexico City Hernando Cortes
English explorer sent out by Queen Elizabeth and circmnavigated the earth Sir Francis Drake
Incan capital with buildings covered with sheets of gold Cuzco
Aztec ruler Montezuma
Island groups in the Caribbean Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles
Leaders of Japan that brought unity and peace shoguns
Ceremony where a samurai killed himself seppuku
Vikings called the Native Americans this name skraelings
Monk that described Japan as a "Country at War" Francis Xavier
Navigational instrument that measure the angle between the sun or star and the horizon astrolabe
Who proved that it was possible to reach the east by sailing around the tip of Africa Bartolomeu Dias
Name of the Aztec capital built in the middle of a lake Tenochtitlan
Spanish destroyed this empire because they wanted more gold Inca
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella were from what country Spain
Pacific comes from what Latin word peace
main reason for the Vikings exploring Find more room to live
Europeans gave this name to China Cathay
Best natural resource for the Incas farming
Calm and flucuating winds doldrums
Winds that blow from east to west and assisted the explorers to the New World trade winds
Method of navigation that estimates the location and speed and aimed the compass at a certain heading that they thought would get them to their goal dead reckoning
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