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7 Hist Ch 7 BJU WS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| astrolabe | instrument used to determine latitude by measuring the angles between the sun/a star and the horizon |
| Atahualpa | Last ruling Inca emperor of Peru. He was executed by the Spanish. |
| Aztecs | civilization that did not tolerate adultery and value family |
| Canton | coastal city in China |
| Cape of Good Hope | southern tip of Africa |
| caravel | ship designed for efficient ocean travel |
| Catholic Church | helped protect the Indians against abuses by the Spanish explorers |
| Columbus | Sailed west in 1492 and discovered a new continent |
| Cortes | Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs |
| Crusades | these led to European exploration |
| Cuzco | Capital of the Incan Empire |
| da Gama | Portuguese explorer who discovered a trade route to India |
| dead reckoning | Early European explorerers used this to chart their courses and navigate |
| Dias | Portuguese explorer who was the first European to get round Africa |
| Drake | English explorer who traveled around the world |
| Hernando Cortes | explored the New World for Spain |
| Incan | empire that suffered from a plague before the Spanish arrived |
| Incas | lived in South America along the Andes Mountains |
| Indians | Human-borne disease brought by European explorers may have killed many of this group |
| Iroquois | a confederacy of 5 tribes originally inhabiting the northern part of New York |
| Iroquois Confederacy | a powerful group of Native Americans made up of five nations: the Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondoga, and Oneida |
| Japan | Francis Xavier was a missionary to this country |
| Las Casas | Catholic missionary to the Indians in Latin America |
| Lima | city built on the former city of Cuzco |
| Magellan | gave the Pacific Ocean its name |
| Magellan | Spanish explorer whose crew traveled around the world |
| Mayan | civilization that developed an accurate calendar |
| Mayan Empire | empire that made many discoveries in astronomy and mathematics |
| Mexico City | Capital of New Spain; built on ruins of Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. |
| Pizarro | Conquistador who conquered the Incas |
| Portugal | first European nation to make contact with China |
| pyramids | The Egyptians, and Mayans all built different types of this kind of structure |
| Queen Elizabeth I | financed Sir Francis Drake's expeditions |
| Quetzalcoatl | Aztec nature god, his disappearance and promised return coincided with the arrival of Cortes |
| Siam | former name of Thailand |
| Spain | Columbus explored the New World for this country |
| Venetians | first to use cannons on ships |
| West Indies | better Tobacco was brought to the New World from here |
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