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world history
ch13 activity4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| reached Africa's southern tip; called it "The Cape of Storms" | Bartolomeu Dias |
| conquistador in Mexico; defeated the Aztecs | Hernando Cortes |
| Catholic friar who opposed abuse of South American Indians | Bartolome de las Casas |
| rumored African Christian king | Prester John |
| traveledthrough the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean; named the "south sea" | Vasco Nunez de Balboa |
| conquistador who founded Lima, Peru, and conquered the Incas | Francisco Pizarro |
| First European to reach India by sailing around Africa | Vasco da Gama |
| left Spain in 1492 and sailed west to reach China and Japan | Christopher Columbus |
| sought golden cities in Florida | Hernando de Soto |
| traveled in the American West to find seven cities of gold | Francisco Vasquez de Coronado |
| what naval force did the English defeat in 1588? | the Spanish Armada |
| How did Jacques Cartier contribute to French exploration | found eastern canada |
| what caused scurvy, a disease that many sailors suffered from? | vitamin C deficiency |
| Under what economic system did Eurpean explorers find wealth in the New World to benefit the European mother country? | Mercantilism |
| what type of company became common in the Age of Exploration and paid investors dividends? | joint-stock company |
| what term denotes a proposed business venture posted in a public place? | prospects |
| what was the Caravel? | light, fast vessel |
| How did Prince Henry the Navigator contribute to Portuguese exploration? | Started a school of navigation |
| For what purpose were the astrolabe, quadrant, and cross-staff used in sailing? | Use to measure angle between sunlight |
| What term denotes a single naval trip that encompasses the entire globe? | Circumnavigation |
| "Father of New France" and founder of Quebec | Samuel de Champlain |
| Explorer for the Dutch; traveled in what is today New York | Henry Hudson |
| English explorer who helped settlers build a village called Jamestown in 1607 | John Smith |
| Viceroy who organized Portuguese plantations by trade routes | Affonso de Albuquerque |
| Italian who led England's first expedition to North America | John Cabot |
| French Jesuit missionary-explorer along the Mississippi River | Jacques Marquette |
| Jesuit missionary to Japan | Francis Xavier |
| Ruler of the Incas when the invading Spanish arrived | Atahualpa |
| Established a Portuguese trading post in India. | Pedro Cabral |
| Ruler of the Aztecs when invading conquistadors arrived | Montezuma |
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