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