Ch 7 Quiz

Question 1

In 1592 ___________ sailed west from Spain in an effort to sail around the world

Answer 1

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 2

_______ is the towns where the Indians lived

Answer 2

Pueblos

Question 3

Around 1345 the ________ built their capital,_________, on an island in the middle of a lake in central Mexico

Answer 3

Aztecs, Tenochtitlán

Question 4

Explorers sails in search of a mythical king, _______, in Africa who was thought to be a Christian

Answer 4

Prester John

Question 5

The ________ is what sailors used to measure the angle between the sun or a star and the horizon at the specific time of day or night

Answer 5

Astrolabe

Question 6

Winds that were especially important to the early explorers were the ______ _____, belt of consistent winds that blow from east to west

Answer 6

Trade winds

Question 7

________ is Spanish for conquer, these men discovered and brutally destroyed Indian civilization in central and South America in search of gold

Answer 7

Conquistadors

Question 8

Name the first Portuguese explorer to land in India

Answer 8

Vasco da gama

Question 9

Name the three ships Colombia sailed in

Answer 9

The ninya, pinta, and the santamaria

Question 10

What Roman Catholic fair traveled to America as a missionary to the Indians

Answer 10

Bar tolome de lascasas