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Am History ch-1-3

Am History Christ in the Americas ch 1-3 Part II

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who discovered Brazil? Pedro Cabral
Who conquered and colonized Cuba? Diego Velasquez
Who supported and motivated explorers from his position in Portugal? Prince Henry the Navigator
Who challenged Cortes by arriving in Mexico with his own armed force? Panfilo Narvaez
Who discovered the Southern Ocean? Vasco de Balboa
Who was the true ruler of the Aztecs? Tlacaellel
Who was the Toltec leader who hated human sacrifice? Quetzacoatl
The tribe also known as the Mexica.. Aztecs
What was the capitol of the Aztecs? Tenochititlan
What does Tenochititlan mean? Cactus Rock
What were the 2 main gods of the Aztecs? Hummingbird Wizard and Lord of the Dark/Smoking Mirror
Picture writing of the Mayas was called? Maya glyphs
Year in which Quetzacoatl was supposed to return... One Reed (occurred every 52 years.)
War-like people who appeared in 1000 bc and began human sacrifice. Olmecs
Quetzacoatl was leader of this tribe... Toltecs
Probably the greatest of Inca emperors... Pachacuti
Capitol city of the Incas. Cuzco in Peru.
St. Brendan reached Newfoundland in which century? sixth
Vikings burned and pillaged Europe in which centuries? 9th, 10th and 11th.
Sailed to Greenland and established a colony where the Irish had had one. Eric the Red.
Blown off course, becoming the first European to reach continental landfall in the new world. Bjarni Herolffson
Named Newfoundland "Vinland" Leif Ericson
Columbus first landed on an island most probably known as... Samana Cay in the Bahamas
Columbus established a new colony named Isabel on which island? Hispaniola
Columbus made his first continental landfall in the new world at... Venezuela in 1498
Known as Los Reyes Catolicos... Ferdinand and Isabela
Grandson of Ferdinand and Isabela who inherited the Spanish throne. Charles I
Length of the war with the Moslems in Spain that ended in 1492, when the Spanish took Granada. 770 years
Rounded the Cape of Good Hope... Vasco da Gama
Discovered Florida in 1513 Ponce de Leon
Faker who gave his name to the new world Amerigo Vespucci
"Vespucci" means... wasp
Treaty that gave Spain and Portugal the Line of Demarcation. Tordesillas
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