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1 Aufdenkamp Ch.11
1 Aufdenkamp Ch.11
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What is the capital and largest city of El Salvador, serving as the country's center
San Salvador
Azores
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What was one of the three Spanish ships used by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus on travel the West Indies in 1492?
Niña
dead reckoning
Doldrums
Dias
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What is a surname of Spanish origin?
Cartier
Bobadilla
dead reckoning
Cabral
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Who was a Portuguese navigator whose voyages to India and opened up the sea route from western Europe to the East?
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
John Cabot
Muhammad al Idrisi
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Who is known for his travels that turned the course of history and for giving the New World with the name "America"
Ferdinand Magellan
Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet
Francisco Pizarro
Amerigo Vespucci
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Who was a Moroccan-born geographer who lived during the medieval era creating some of the best medieval maps?
Muhammad al Idrisi
Vasco da Gama
John Cabot
Christopher Columbus
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What is a form of navigation that does "ascertaining of the position of a ship by measurement of the distance run"?
Cabral
dead reckoning
Bobadilla
Cartier
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What is an archipelago and autonomous region of Portugal?
San Salvador
Azores
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Who In 1673, went on an journey to explore the unsettled land in America from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico?
Ferdinand Magellan
Muhammad al Idrisi
Isabella I of Castile
Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet
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What was part of the floor at the end of a medieval hall, where the master or assembly dined with his senior associates?
Cabral
Dias
dead reckoning
Cartier
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What surname derives from Portugal and was used for people that tended to goats?
Cartier
Cabral
dead reckoning
Bobadilla
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Who played a crucial role in the exploration of the New World?
Muhammad al Idrisi
Isabella I of Castile
Vasco da Gama
Christopher Columbus
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Who was an Italian explorer and navigator known for his journeys across the Atlantic under the order of king Henry 8th?
John Cabot
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Muhammad al Idrisi
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Who was a Spanish conquistador That is best known for his travels that led to the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire?
Francisco Pizarro
Ferdinand Magellan
Isabella I of Castile
Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet
15
What is a plant know for being smoked and making people high discovered by Christopher Columbus?
Doldrums
Taíno
Tobacco
Niña
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Who was a Italian explorer and navigator, known for his journey across the Atlantic (1492), letting the Americas known?
John Cabot
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Muhammad al Idrisi
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What term In medieval times was also used to describe sailing ships that were becalmed and unable to progress?
dead reckoning
Dias
Cartier
Doldrums
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Who was a Portuguese explorer who led the first journey to successfully circumnavigate the globe in the 16th century?
Muhammad al Idrisi
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco da Gama
Isabella I of Castile
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What refers to a historic Indigenous people of the Caribbean
Doldrums
Taíno
Dias
Niña
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What is of French origin, derived from the Old French word “quartier,” which means “district” or “quarter.”?
Cabral
dead reckoning
Cartier
Bobadilla