1. Exploration By Mr. Griffin

2. Christopher Columbus discovered the new world in _____. (year)

3. 1492

4. True or False Christopher Columbus was born in Spain.

5. False He sailed for Spain, but he was born in Italy.

6. Who was the King of Spain when Columbus was granted his expedition?

7. King Ferdinand

8. Another term for Central America -

9. MesoAmerica

10. Viking explorer that was banished from Iceland

11. Eric the Red

12. _____ was the approximate date when the Vikings reached North America.

13. 1000 AD

14. The Mountains in South America where the Incas called home____________.

15. Andes Mountains

16. Islands off the coast of Florida where the Spaniards set up colonies.

17. The Bahamas

18. Type of ship with steering rudder and triangular sails?

19. Caravel

20. Imaginary line at 0 degrees Longitude

21. Prime Meridian

22. The shape of many MesoAmerican temples.

23. Pyramid.

24. Spanish speaking nation that borders the United States to the South.

25. Mexico

26. Earliest Europeans that discovered North America

27. Vikings

28. Imaginary line at 0 degrees latitude

29. The Equator

30. What was the Northwest passage?

31. Water Route to Asia

32. Viking Explorer that discovered “New Found Land”

33. Leif Ericson

34. The sharing of ideas and/or customs between cultures is called __________________

35. The Columbian Exchange

36. Another term for King

37. Monarch

38. Spanish word for conqueror.

39. Conquistador

40. Rule by lords – who owe alliance to a King/Queen

41. Feudalism

42. MesoAmerican civilization that disappeared in 850 AD

43. Maya

44. Enemy of the Vikings

45. The Saxons

46. Channel for carrying water

47. Aqueduct

48. Native Americans in the Arctic

49. The Inuits

50. Region in which people share a similar way of life

51. Culture Area

52. Number of trips Columbus made to the “New World”

53. 4

54. District ruled by a lord Castle, peasants, huts, etc…..

55. Manor

56. The 2 nd Largest Continent

57. Africa

58. The study of people, their environments, and resources

59. Geography

60. The Spanish Conquistador who overthrew the Incan Empire

61. Pizarro

62. An advanced Culture

63. Civilization

64. Continent where China is located

65. Asia

66. A level strip of land carved into the side of a hill or mountain – usually for farming

67. Terrace

68. Objects made by humans and used by archaeologists to learn about past human cultures Ex – arrow heads, pottery

69. Artifact

70. Ancient Civilization that was located in South America

71. The Incas

72. Country that borders the United States to the North

73. Canada

74. Device which shows which direction is north

75. Magnetic Compass

76. Deadly disease introduced to the natives by the Europeans

77. Small Pox

78. Region where the Maya and Aztec Civilizations lived

79. Central America

80. Continent where the Inca civilization lived

81. South America

82. Instrument to measure the position of the stars.

83. Astrolabe

84. An account of what has happened

85. History

86. System of writing that uses pictures

87. Hieroglyphics

88. South American country colonized by Portugal.

89. Brazil

90. The Spanish Conquistador that overthrew the Aztecs

91. Hernan Cortes

92. A group of people who move to a new land – ruled by the government of their native land

93. Colony

99. The earliest Americans crossed from Asia to North America via the Land Bridge