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What country defeated the Spanish Armada and ended Spain's control over the sea routes to the New World?
A. England
B. France
C. Netherlands
D. Portugal
A. England
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What major event triggered Europeans to desire for exploration an research?
A. Removal Act
B. Reconciliation
C. Renaissance
D. Reconquista
C. Renaissance
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Who first sighted the North American continent and claimed Newfoundland for England?
A. Vasco Nunez de Balboa
B. Jon Cabot
C. Ferdinand Magellan
D. Henry Hudson
B. Jon Cabot
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What was the name of the largest city in the Mississippian Empire?
A. Cahokia
B. Pueblo Bonito
C. Cuzco
D. Natchez
A. Cahokia
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What was the name o the Native American group that lived in the Chaco Canyon?
A. Olmec
B. Apache
C. Comanche
D. Pueblo
D. Pueblo
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Under the leadership of Prince Henry the Navigator, the Porteguse emerged as an early sea power. Which one of these inventions contributed to the Portugese sea-faring?
A. Gokstad Ship
B. Topsail
C. Astrolabe
D. Chronometer
C. Astrolabe
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Christopher Columbus sailed under the flag of which nation?
A. Portugal
B. Italy
C. Spain
D. France
C. Spain
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Hernan Cortes relied on a native woman to conquer the Aztecs. By which name is she known today by Mexican Culture?
A. La Malinche
B. Dona Marina
C. Quetzalcoatl
D. Castillo
A. La Malinche
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The city of Tenochtitlan was founded in 1325 by the...
A. Mayas
B. Incas
C. Pueblo
D. Aztecs
D. Aztecs
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The first Europeans to sail around Africa and on to India were the...
A. Portuguese
B. English
C. French
D. Italians
A. Portuguese