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History Review
Test 1/4/13
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History
7th Grade
01/03/2013

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Francisco Pizarro
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What Spanish explorer defeated the Incas
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Trade winds
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What fast moving winds that blow consistently from east to west provided favorable conditions for trade & exploration
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Crusades
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What led to European exploration
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Elizabeth l
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Who financed Drake's expedition
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Incas
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Who lived in South America along the Andes Mountains
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Mayas
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Who built pyramids that are similar tovthe one in Egypt
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Spain
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What county financed the explorations of Christopher Columbus
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Cortes
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What Spanish explorer defeated the Aztecs
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Caravel
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A ship designed for efficient ocean travel
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Prester John
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Mythical Christian king
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Explorers crew traveled around the world
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Vasco da Gama
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Which explorer was the first to find trade routes to India
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Incan
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What Indian empire suffered from a plague before the Spanish arrived
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Horse, Pig, or Cattle
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Name one animal that the Europeans brought from the New World
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Christopher Columbus
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Who sailed west in 1492 & discovered a new continent
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Navigator
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Prince Henry of Portugal started a training school for sailors & became known as Prince Henry the _________
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Bartolomeu Dias
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First explorer the find a route around Africa
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Mexico City
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What Spanish city was built on the former site of Tenochtitlan
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Mayan
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Made many discoveries in Math & astronomy
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Pueblo
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Type of town in southwest North America
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Cuzco
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Capital of the Incan Empire
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Aztec
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Expected the return of their god, Quetzalcoatl
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Africa
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The Cape of Good Hope is located where?
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Named the Pacific Ocean
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