American Yawp chapters 1-3 Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
lived in modern day mexico and central america. relied heavily on maize - Correct
answer-mesoamericans
First society people located in central North America - Correct answer-
mississippians
Mississippian settlement near present-day East St. Louis, home to as many as
25,000 Native Americans - Correct answer-cahokia
a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States - Correct
answer-pueblo
Important ancient Anasazi Indian center in New Mexico that included a pueblo of
six hundred interconnected rooms - Correct answer-chaco canyon
king of Spain; married Isabella of Castile which united the nation in the late 15th
century - Correct answer-ferdinand of aragon
(13) The queen of Spain and wife of Ferdinand of Aragon, she was responsible for
granting Columbus the means to try to find a new route to India and was partially
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, responsible (along with Ferdinand) for uniting Spain as one country - Correct
answer-isabella of castille
Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while
looking for a route to China (1451-1506) - Correct answer-christopher columbus
(1394-1460) Prince of Portugal who established an observatory and school of
navigation at Sagres and directed voyages that spurred the growth of Portugal's
colonial empire. - Correct answer-prince henry of navigator
An instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position
of the stars and planets - Correct answer-astrolabe
Portuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to
sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route. - Correct answer-vaso de
gama
Where Columbus first landed - Correct answer-bahamas
First Native Americans Columbus saw on Bahama Islands. were decimated, killed,
and enslaved - Correct answer-arawaks
caribbean islands - Correct answer-west indies
wrote about the horrors the spanish inflicted on the natives - Correct answer-
bartolome de las casas
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Questions and Answers
lived in modern day mexico and central america. relied heavily on maize - Correct
answer-mesoamericans
First society people located in central North America - Correct answer-
mississippians
Mississippian settlement near present-day East St. Louis, home to as many as
25,000 Native Americans - Correct answer-cahokia
a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States - Correct
answer-pueblo
Important ancient Anasazi Indian center in New Mexico that included a pueblo of
six hundred interconnected rooms - Correct answer-chaco canyon
king of Spain; married Isabella of Castile which united the nation in the late 15th
century - Correct answer-ferdinand of aragon
(13) The queen of Spain and wife of Ferdinand of Aragon, she was responsible for
granting Columbus the means to try to find a new route to India and was partially
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, responsible (along with Ferdinand) for uniting Spain as one country - Correct
answer-isabella of castille
Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while
looking for a route to China (1451-1506) - Correct answer-christopher columbus
(1394-1460) Prince of Portugal who established an observatory and school of
navigation at Sagres and directed voyages that spurred the growth of Portugal's
colonial empire. - Correct answer-prince henry of navigator
An instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position
of the stars and planets - Correct answer-astrolabe
Portuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to
sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route. - Correct answer-vaso de
gama
Where Columbus first landed - Correct answer-bahamas
First Native Americans Columbus saw on Bahama Islands. were decimated, killed,
and enslaved - Correct answer-arawaks
caribbean islands - Correct answer-west indies
wrote about the horrors the spanish inflicted on the natives - Correct answer-
bartolome de las casas
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