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World History - 104
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11/10/2005

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The Polos were merchants from where?
Definition
Venice
Term
Marco Polo and Niccolo Polo both traveled where?
Definition
in the Empire of Kublai Khan in China
Term
Prince Henry the Navigator was from where?
Definition
Portugal
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Eric the Red was exiled from where?
Definition
Iceland
Term
Eric was a what?
Definition
Viking
Term
Leif Ericsson Day is when?
Definition
every October 9
Term
During Columbus' time, who did Spain wage war with?
Definition
Moors
Term
Columbus believed what about the earth?
Definition
it was round
Term
Amerigo Vespucci first applied what term to the Americas?
Definition
"New World"
Term
What divided the New World between Spain and Portugal?
Definition
the Line of Demarcation
Term
Cabral discovered what?
Definition
Brazil
Term
Cortez conzuered whom?
Definition
the Aztec Empire in Mexico
Term
What expedition sailed around the world?
Definition
the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan
Term
Pizarro concquered whom?
Definition
Peru
Term
Samuel de Champlain eplored what?
Definition
the St. Lawrence River
Term
Marquette and Joliet sailed where?
Definition
the Mississippi River looking for the Northwest Passage
Term
John Cabot made landfall where?
Definition
on the shores of Labrador
Term
Sir Humphrey Gilbert is best known as what?
Definition
the "Father of English Colonization"
Term
Henry Hudson sailed for what two places?
Definition
England and Holland
Term
Where was Fort Caroline located?
Definition
Florida
Term
What was the Spanish landholding system called?
Definition
encomienda
Term
Virginia was named for whom?
Definition
Queen Elizabeth
Term
To whom was the title Admiral of New England given to?
Definition
John Smith
Term
Who was the "Father of Masachusetts"?
Definition
John Winthrop
Term
Who was Kublai Khan?
Definition
Emperor of China
Term
Who was Marco Polo?
Definition
a merchant of Venice
Term
Is there any evidence that Christopher Columbus may have been Jewish?
Definition
Yes
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Did Marquette and Joleit find the Northwest Passage?
Definition
NO
Term
John Cabot sailed for where?
Definition
England
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