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Who was the first recorded white child born in North America?

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Snorri Karlsefnisson

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Who explored what is now Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas?

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Captain-General Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

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Who landed on shores of Brazil after being blown off course?

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Pedro Cabral

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Who was commissioned by Spain to make a voyage completely around the world?

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Who discovered and explored the St. Lawrence river until stopped by rapids?

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Jacques Cartier

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Who called the Pacific Ocean the South Sea?

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Captain-General Nunez de Balboa

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Who discovered America in 1492?

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Christopher Columbus

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Who conquered the Inca Empire through greed and deceit?

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Captain-General Pizzaro

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Who was the Aztec emperor when Captain-General Cortes arrived at Tenochtitlan?

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Montezuma II

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Who discovered the Mississippi River?

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Hernando de Soto

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Which two men explored the Mississippi River area in 1673?

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Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet

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Who gave Portugal a claim to the Americas?

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Joao Vaz Corte-Real

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Who discovered Florida while searching for a fountain of youth?

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Juan Ponce de Leon

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Who discovered and named the huge Louisiana territory?

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Sieur de La Salle

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Who was the first European known to explore part of South America?

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Amerigo Vespucci

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Who was the Inca ruler captured by Spanish on November 15, 1531?

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Atahualpa

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Who appointed a civil governor-general and six priests to administrate the colony of Brazil?

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King John II

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How did the ancestors of today’s American Indians come to the New World?

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they came across the Bering Strait

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According to the time line in the PACE, when did the indians begin migrating to America?

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shortly after the flood

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What type of settlement was excavated by archaeologists at L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada in the early 1960s?

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a Norse settlement

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Where was a Norse settlement discovered in the 1960s?

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Newfoundland

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The first fully recorded European discovery and colonization of the Americas was carried out by who?

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the Norsemen

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Which Caribbean islands did Christopher Columbus explore?

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Hispaniola and Cuba

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What were the names of Christopher Columbus’ ships?

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Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

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In 1494 the Pope drew up a treaty establishing the Line of _____________.

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Demarcation

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According to the Line of Demarcation treaty, all newly discovered lands would belong to Spain if they were which direction of the line?

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west

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According to the Line of Demarcation treaty, all newly discovered lands would belong to Portugal if they were which direction of the line?

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east

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What made it easy for the Aztecs to defend Tenochtitlan?

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a system of causeways

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What did Captain-General Cortes call the night of fighting to escape Tenochtitlan?

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the NIght of Sorrows

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Who discovered a water passage off the southern tip of South America?

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Ferdinand Magellan

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The belief that there were many Old World contacts with the Americas before 1492 is supported by what?

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legends and artifacts

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The legends of many cultures are warped and untrue, even though they may sound much like what?

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Biblical accounts

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Norse explorers made at least three landings. What did they name the three areas?

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Helluland, Markland, and Vinland the Good

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The three areas where the Norse landed were portions of what place?

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North America

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Leif Eriksson’s father was not pleased with his son’s ________ the Norse religion.

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departure from

36
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How many voyages did Christopher Columbus make to the new world?

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four

37
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In 1534, Portugal divided which country into 15 land grants?

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Brazil

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Which country explored the new world in order to find a northern passage through the new world to the far east?

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France

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What was the main reason for France’s colonization in the New World?

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fur trading

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Why were many early American colonies failures?

A

they didn’t apply Biblical principles to their undertakings

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