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| Who was the leader of the first expedition to sail around the world? | Ferdinand Magellan |
| What Asian admiral sailed to Sri Lanka and ports along the Persian Gulf in the 1400s? | Zheng He |
| Why did Christopher Columbus sail west from Spain? | To find a new route to Asia. |
| Why was Prince Henry of Portugal known as the Navigator? | He set up a school to train sailors in navigation. |
| What did the Turks do that affected trade between Europe and Asia? | They closed trade routes to Asia. |
| What group of people ruled an empire in South America? | The Incas. |
| What do you call an agreement between nations about peace, trade, or other matters? | A treaty. |
| Why did northern European explorers search for a Northwest Passage? | To find a route to Asia. |
| Who was the navigator who helped Vasco da Gama sail around the Cape of Good Hope to India? | Ahmad Ibn Majid |
| What person claimed the Hudson River valley for the Dutch? | Henry Hudson |
| People in many lands built empires in the 1400s. Where were Ghana, Mali, and Songhay built? | Africa. |
| Who was the person that asked his people to stop fighting Cortes's forces? | Motecuhzoma |
| Why did Spain send conquistadors to the Americas? | To convert Native Americans and bring back gold. |
| Christopher Columbus landed on islands in the Caribbean Sea while he was trying to find a new route to Asia. | Most of the exploration carried out in the 1400s was done to find trade routes. |
| Portugese explorers looked for routes around the southern tip of Africa. | This would allow the Portuguese to trade with India. |
| Why did Indians help Hernando Cortex fight the Aztecs? | The Indians were unhappy with Aztec rule. |
| What happened that allowed the conquistadors to conquer the Native Americans? | The Spanish brought microbes/germs, and the Native Americans became ill since they had little resistance to the diseases. |
| Why did Spain send conquistadors to the Americas? | To convert the Indians to Christianity and bring back gold. |
| Who had the goal to explore the Mississippi Valley but in May of 1542 died of fever and was buried in the Mississippi River? | DeSota |
| Which explorer wanted to conquer Florida and his expedition split having one group travel by land and the other group sailed the Gulf Coast. This decision proved to be a mistake. | Navarez |
| What final EFFECT of Marco Polo's book, "The Travels of Marco Polo," have on Europeans? | Merchants were inspired to travel to Asia. |
| What is a cartographer? | A map maker |
| Christopher Columbus landed at San Salvador. What does San Salvador mean? | "Holy Savior" |
| Name the person who claimed Florida for Spain while he was looking for Bimini, gold, and the "Fountain of Youth." | Ponce de Leon |
| What does Ms. Lincoln remind us of when we are working and learning? | The learning is in doing the work. |
| Constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father. | 1 Thessalonians 1:2-4 |
| Bonus: Where's Mr. Glowaty if he is visiting the President of the United States? | Give the name of the location and the latitude and longitude |
