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A place’s exact position such as it coordinates in latitude and longitude on Earth is its
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An imaginary line of zero degrees that runs from North to South is called
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A place’s exact position such as it coordinates in latitude and longitude on Earth is its
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An imaginary line of zero degrees that runs from North to South is called
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An imaginary line of zero degrees that runs from east to west and splits the Northern and Southern hemispheres is called
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Which is an example of how nature plays a role in shaping regions?
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Which is an example of how culture creates regions?
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Which is the largest city in the United States?
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Identify the 2nd largest continent. This continent has 47 countries; the largest river (the Nile); the largest desert (the Sahara).
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Which continent is Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, located in?
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Which continent has the largest river in volume called the Amazon River, the highest waterfall, Angel Falls, and the largest rainforest, the Amazon Rainforest in the world?
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Which continent is considered the 3rd largest, is two- times the size of Europe and makes the highest amount of income per person world-wide?
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Vasco Da Gama also brought back ______ and other goods such as porcelain, incense, _____, and ______.
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Portugal also brought millions of enslaved _____ to _____.
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13. ________ showed that it was possible to sail completely around the world.
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Spain began settlements in the _____ and earned great wealth.
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Ships brought _____ and ____ to Spain, and these crops grew well in Europe.
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Many native people became ___ for the Spanish or _____ from European _____.
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Henry Hudson was important to ______ and European exploration because he tried to find a ______ through North America to the Pacific Ocean.
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Europeans set up a number of ______ in North America.
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John Cabot was important to English explorations because he made England’s first ____________________ and first ______ ___________in the New World.
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Hernan Cortes was important to Spanish exploration because he defeated the ______.
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The Columbian exchange is _______________________________.
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How many continents does the World have?
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A place’s location in relation to another place is it’s ---
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Where did Europeans immigrants arrive before going into New York City?
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What is the name of the continent you live in?
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What is the name of the continent that has 70% of the earth’s fresh water in its ice, and reaches a cold temperature of -129 F, making it the coldest on Earth?
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Which continent is the largest island in the world, the smallest of the seven continents and two – thirds of it is a desert?
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Which map tool shows cardinal directions such as North (N), East (E), South (S), West (W), and intermediate directions such as NE, NW, SE, and SW?
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Europeans of this time had several _____________ for exploring the world such as finding gold, achieving glory, and sharing their faith (religion).
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The Spanish carried diseases that caused deadly _____________________, an outbreak of a contagious disease which spread quickly and over a wide geographic area, among the Aztecs.
