BJU 7th grade history
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| Why did ocean travelers hae to beware of the doldrums? | the winds there were calm and fluctuating
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| What is the name of the belt of consistent winds that greatly aided early explorers to the New World? | trade winds
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| Which occupation was least likely to travel to foreign lands as sea routes opened? | craftsmen
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| What was the Incas' greatest natural resource? | land for farming
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| What land did the Europeans name Cathay? | China
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| What is the navigation method called that involves estimating location and speed in order to then choose the most likely compass heading to get you to your desination? | dead reckoning
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| Christopher Columbus was commissioned by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of what country? | Spain
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| Why did Vikings begin to explore near the end of the first millennium A.D.? | to find more room to live
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| The word Pacific comes from a Latin word meaning what? | peace
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| Name three reasons for the start of the African slave trade to the New World. | Settlers were unprepared and unwilling to do the work, Africans were familiar with working as slaves, native people were uncooperative and more susceptible to disease
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| What was the primary reason Columbus sailed west from Spain? | to find a route to the East
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| What was the true reason the Spanish destroyed the Incan empire? | The Spanish wanted more gold than the Incas were willing to give
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| What was unique about the capital of the Aztec empire? | it was built in the middle of a lake
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| What did the Portugese explorer Bartolomeu Dias prove in 1487? | it is possible to reach the East by sailing around Africa
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| What is the name of the instrument that measures the angle between the sun or a star and the horizon? | astrolabe
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| What did the Vikings call Native Americans? | skraelings
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| What is the name of the ceremony in which a samuri would kill himself? | seppuku
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| What was the name of the strong leaders who united Japan and brought peace? | shoguns
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| What was the name of the monk who described Japan as the "Country of War"? | Francis Xavier
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| Hernando Cortes asked this Aztec ruler for gold. | Montezuma
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| Name one of the island groups in the Caribbean. | Bahamas
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| Pizarro marvelled at this capital city's well-built buildings covered in gold. | Cuzco
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| He destroyed Tenochtitlan and built Mexico City on the site. | Hernando Cortes
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| He conquered the Incan Empire. | Francisco Pizarro
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| He opened a school of navigation. | Prince Henry
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| He was sent out to explore by Queen Elizabeth of England. | Sir Francis Drake
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| He sailed the first Portugese ship into India. | Vasco da Gama
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| He rounded the tip of Africa without realizing it. | Bartolomeu Dias
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| His crew was the first to sail around the world. | Ferdinand Magellan
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| T/F: Most explorers were blind to recognizing God's hand in creation. | False
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| T/F: Part of the conquistador's mission was to convert the native people to Roman Catholicism. | True
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| T/F: Mayan pyramids, like Egyptian pyramids, usually served as burial places for kings. | False
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| T/F: In mainland Central America, Spanish is the main language. | True
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| T/F: Lack of roads made communication across the Incan empire very difficult. | False
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| T/F: Beginning in 1650, Japan isolated itself completely from all foreigners. | True
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| T/F: The astrolabe could be used only at night. | False
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| T/F: Caravels usually had three masts and used both square and triangular sails. | True
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| T/F: The Indians were eager to trade their goods for those brought from Europe by Vasco da Gama. | False
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| Essay question: Explain two reasons for exploration and travel during this time period. | .
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| Essay question: How did the age of exploration affect the African continent? | .
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