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It’s the lake that is home to the Aztec capital
Lake Texcoco
He is the conqueror of the Aztecs, and it is the year he arrived
Cortez; 1519
It’s the mountain range the Spaniards had to go over to reach Tenochtitlan
Sierra Madre
These two men were Aztec leaders; one met Cortez the day he arrived, the other saw the final battle go down in Tenochtitlan
Montezuma II, Huotemoc
They are the three things the Spanish were mostly looking for in the New World
Glory, Gold, and to spread religion
He conquered the Incan Empire, and in this year
Pizarro, 1532
These two men got into a civil war for control of the Inca when Wayna Capac died from smallpox
Huascar and Atahualpa
There were approximately this many miles of roads connecting the Incan empire, and they were carved out of this mountain range
25,000; Andes
There were this many people in the Incan empire before it collapsed
9 million
Pizarro eventually died in this manner
He was killed by the son of one of his rivals, who he had previously killed
The Renaissance began taking shape in these two cities
Venice and Florence
He believed that a person should do whatever it takes to stay in power, even if it wasn’t right
Niccolo Machiavelli
This invention (also name the inventor) made it so that more people had access to information than ever before
Gutenberg’s Printing Press
These three Italian artists were some of the Renaissance’s most famous
Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael
He was England’s most famous Renaissance artist (yes, theater is an art!)
William Shakespeare
This person began the Reformation by doing this thing
Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the church door
His branch of Christianity believed in predestination, and it’s what predestination means
John Calvin; whether or not you’re going to heaven is decided in advance
It’s the color on the map that’s Catholic
The tan color
This court in Spain decided whether or not you did something that went against the Church, which is called __________ (need two answers!)
Inquisition; heresy
It’s two of the three religious names that could describe the red area on the map
Church of England, protestant, or Anglican Church
These three inventions helped people navigate on the open ocean
Compass, Astrolabe, sextant, new rudders, and triangular sails
It’s the name for the transfer of goods, ideas, and people between the New World and Old World
Columbian Exchange
He came up with the idea that the sun, NOT the Earth, is at the center of our solar system. What a crazy idea!
Copernicus
This country established trade posts along Africa in an attempt to sail to Asia
Portugal
It’s the modern-day telescope that produced this image
Hubble Space Telescope
It’s why people DO live where they do in Russia- along those white lines
Access to roads/ transportation
It’s why people DO live along the southern and eastern edges, and NOT in the middle
Large flat areas to farm in the southeast and cities; Amazon rain forest and Andes in the middle/ west
It’s why people DON’T live as densely in the western part of the U.S. 1 2
The west is covered with the Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, and high desert; the east was settled first too
These two geographic features are why there is nearly no habitation between China and the Indian subcontinent 1 2
Gobi Desert and Himalayan (or Tibetan) Plateau
These three features in Africa keep many people from living there 1 2 3
Sahara Desert, Rain Forest, Kalahari Desert
Make your wager
Describe how the Reformation played out in France, England, and Spain
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