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Exploration Flashcards

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1
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Government hired pirates.

A

Privateers

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The right to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans in a particular area.

A

Encomiendas

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Resistance

A

Immunity

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People born in Spain

A

Peninsulares

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5
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Conquerors

A

Conquistadors

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People of Native American and European descent.

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Mestizos

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Large estates run by an owner or an owners operator

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Plantations

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Which group of people did Cortex conquer?

A. Incas
B. Indies
C. Aztecs
D. Mestizos

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C. Aztecs

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9
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Which group of people did Pizarro conquer?

A. Incas
B. Indies
C. Aztecs
D. Spanish

A

A. Incas

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Which explorer led four ships around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497?

A. Ferdinand Magellan
B. Vasco da Gama
C. Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Christopher Columbus

A

B. Vasco da Gama

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Which of the following explorers’ crew are most commonly known as the first men to circumnavigate?

A. Cartier
B. Da Gama
C. Balboa
D. Magellan

A

D. Magellan

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Which of the following explorers is seen to be the first man to reach the Pacific Ocean, which he called the “South Sea”?

A. Cartier
B. Magellan
C. Balboa
D. Da Dama

A

C. Balboa

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TRUE OR FALSE

Privateers were business men who bought and sold African Slaves.

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FALSE

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TRUE OR FALSE

Hernando Cortez and his group of around 600 men landed in Mexico in 1619.

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FALSE

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TRUE OR FALSE

Pizarro arrived in Peru in 1532.

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TRUE

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TRUE OR FALSE

In the 1500’s the wealth of the Americas helped make Spain the most powerful country in Europe.

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TRUE

17
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TRUE OR FALSE

A lateen is a ship that combined European square sails and Arab triangular sails.

A

FALSE

18
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Who set up a school for exploration in Portugal?

A

Henry the Navigator

19
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Who was the first to circumnavigate?

A

Ferdinand Magellan

20
Q

What was the reconquering of Spain by the Christians?

A

Reconquista

21
Q

Who sailed across the Atlantic ocean and hacked a passage through the tropical forests of Panama reaching the South Sea?

A

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

22
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Who led four ships around the cape of good hope and reached the spice port of Calicut?

A

Vasco Da Gama

23
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Who in 1488, sailed around the tip of Africa, opening up a sea route to Asia?

A

Bartholomew Dias

24
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Who in 1492, sailed across the Atlantic to the Caribbean?

A

Christopher Columbus

25
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Agreement among the people.

A

Alliances

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