Americas and Exploration

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The early Central American civilization known as the _______ is often referred to as the ‘Mother Culture” of the Mesoamerican societies?

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Olmecs

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Identify the "Three G's" of exploration.

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God, glory, gold

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Who is credited for circumnavigating the globe?

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Magellan

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The astrolabe very important to early exploration because ________________.

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It allowed sailors to chart the stars

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Which explorer was the first to sail down the west coast of Africa around the Cape of Good Hope, then on to reach India and establish maritime trade routes to India?

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Vasco da Gama

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The Columbian Exchange is associated with the beginnings of _____________.

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merchantilism

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Central and South America are Spanish because of the conquests of which explorers/conquistador leaders?

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Cortés and Pizzaro

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______________________ is the explorer who upon his death still believed he had discovered a westward passage to Asia, rather than the Americas.

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Christopher Columbus

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How did Jacques Cartier choose the name for the bay he discovered?

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named it after the saint whose feast day was celebrated on the day he entered the bay.

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Which explorer established a French colony in North America and named it Quebec City?

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Samuel de Champlain