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1
Q

What country is the forerunner of exploration

A

Portugal

2
Q

Who was responsible for leading the charge in Portugal

A

Prince Henry the Navigator

3
Q

Major aspect of navigating

A

Carrigrophey/ map making

4
Q

Who navigated the waters under prince Henry in 1488

A

Bartholomew Diez

5
Q

In 1497 the man who sailer past the cape of good hope

A

Vasco Deguma

6
Q

Man who was most commonly known for circumnavigation

A

Megelin

7
Q

What is circumnavigation

A

Traveling across the world

8
Q

Mutany

A

When a crew rises up against a captain

9
Q

Where was megelin killed

A

Phillipeans

10
Q

A ship In which combines Arab sail and European sail

A

Caravel

11
Q

Age of exploration date

A

1400-1600

12
Q

What people did cortes conquer

A

Aztecs

13
Q

Aztecs are in what current country

A

Mexico

14
Q

What is the capital of the Aztec empire

A

Tenochtitlan

15
Q

Leader of the Aztecs

A

Montezuma

16
Q

Cortes’s translator

A

Malechae

17
Q

The number 1 motive of the conquistadors

A

Get gold

18
Q

Incomendas system is similar to

A

Slavery

19
Q

Spanish word for recoquor

A

Reconquista