1492: COLUMBUS: AN ONGOING VOYAGE: an Exhibit of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC

The date and the name provoke many questions related to the linking of very different parts of the world, the Western Hemisphere and the Mediterranean. What was life like in those areas before 1492? What spurred European expansion? How did European, African and American peoples react to each other? What were some of the immediate results of these contacts?

1492: AN ONGOING VOYAGE addresses such questions by examining the rich mixture of societies coexisting in five areas of this hemisphere before European arrival. It then surveys the polyglot Mediterranean world at a dynamic turning point in its development.
<http://metalab.unc.edu/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html>

1. The HOME button has been set to return to this page each time.
2. Each time you have finisheded answering the questions by visiting the sites listed below, click on the HOME button to return to this page.
3. Then go to the next question and find the answer to the new question.
4. REMEMBER: KEEP SCROLLING UNTIL YOU FIND WHAT YOU NEED

The Mediterranean World
Columbus	1492 - Christopher Columbus	WHAT DID THE SPANISH RULERS GIVE COLUMBUS AS A REWARD FOR HIS SUCESSFUL VOYAGE?
Iberia [Spain]	The Holy Inquisition	WHEN DID THE INQUISITION BEGIN? WHY?
	The Treaty of 1492	WHO DID THIS TREATY ATTEMPT TO PROTECT? HOW?
Italy	The Birth of the Renaissance	WHAT DOES RENAISSANCE MEAN? WHERE DO MANY BELIEVE IT BEGAN? WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE?
England	Henry VIII	WHO WERE THE PARENTS OF HENRY VIII'S FIRST WIFE?
	Sir Thomas More	HOW DID HE DIE? WHEN? WHY?
		The Worlds of the Americas
Inca	Ice Treasures of the Inca	WHAT DID JOHAN REINHARD FIND? Click on the words continue and next until you have what Reinhard found.
Aztecs	History of the Aztecs	WHAT WAS THE CITY THAT THE AZTECS BUILT IN THE VALLEY OF MEXICO? WHEN? WHO WAS THEIR FIRST RUE EMPEROR?
Maya	Early Empire	WHAT WERE THE PERIODS OF THE EARLY EMPIRE AND THE NEW EMPIRE?
Iroquois	The Iroquois Confederacy [once at the site, click on the Iroquois Solciety]	WHEN THEIR FIRST CONTACT WITH EUROPEAN SETTLERS? HOW MANY NATIONS BELONGED TO THE LEAGUE? WHAT WAS THE ROLE OF WOMEN?

Finished up a little early? Then get the headphones from your CD, plug in and click on Secrets of the Copán Acropolis.

Two Bonus sites:	In order to prepare for your unit project [When Cultures Collide...], go to both of these sites and find an example forat least 3 of the following 5 areas: (1) Culture (2) Worldview (3) Values and Attitude (4) Technology (5) Achievements
Empire of the Incas
The Aztecs/Mexicas

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