Native American societies
15th Century colonization
Spanish colonization
French and Dutch colonization
Miscellaneous
100

This powerful Native American empire centered at Tenochtitlán was located in modern-day Mexico

What was the Aztec Empire?

100

This war in Iberia was fought against the Muslims in the south, leading to the unification of Spain and its colonization of the New World

What was the reconquista?

100

This Genoese navigator "discovered" the Americas in 1492

Who is Christopher Columbus?

100

This city was founded by Samuel de Champlain in 1608, serving as the capital of New France

What is Quebec?

100

This term refers to the Transatlantic flow of goods, peoples, and diseases

What is the Columbian Exchange?

200

This Confederacy of the Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, and Onondaga peoples located in modern-day New York was united by the Great League of Peace

What is the Iroquois Confederacy?

200

This type of ship was invented by the Portuguese for long-distance travel

What is the caravel?

200

This priest protested against the unfair encomienda system of labor enforced upon the Native Americans, leading to its replacement with the repartimiento system

Who was Bartolomé de Las Casas?

200

This Englishman sailed up the river that now bears his name for the Dutch East India Company in 1609

Who was Henry Hudson?

200

The rise of Protestantism in Europe due to this German priest's Ninety-Five Theses spurred on Portuguese and Spanish colonization to spread Catholicism

Who was Martin Luther?

300

The Native Americans of the Great Plains region relied upon this extremely important natural resource

What are buffalo?

300

This Portuguese mariner sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, establishing sea trade to the East

Who was Vasco da Gama?

300

This successful Native American revolt was led by Popé, kicking the Spanish out of the Southwest for years

What was the Pueblo Revolt?

300

This governor of New Netherland oppressed religious freedoms that the Dutch Empire tended to uphold

Who was Peter Stuyvesant?

300

This disease brought by the Europeans to the Americas devastated the Native American population

What is smallpox?

400

These Native Americans of modern-day Arizona and New Mexico were famous for their unique villages, as noted by their name

Who were the Pueblo Indians?

400

This powerful West African empire was known for its role in the gold trade, attracting Portuguese colonizers to the region

What was the Mali Empire?

400

This term refers to the idea of Spanish brutality during its colonization of the Americas, encouraging other Europeans to colonize

What was the Black Legend?

400

These people were the children of marriages between French merchants and Native American women

Who are métis?

400

These were the three main reasons for the colonization of the Americas

What are glory, God, and gold?

500

This city in modern-day St. Louis housed the "mound builders" of the Mississippi River Valley

What is Cahokia?

500

This Chinese admiral sailed voyages in the Indian Ocean for the Ming Empire to demonstrate Chinese superiority

Who was Zheng He?

500

This conquistador colonized the Inca Empire of South America for Spain

Who was Francisco Pizarro?

500

These 16th century landholders gained massive tracts from a Dutch land ownership system outlined in "Freedoms and Exemptions"

Who were patroons?

500

The American continent is named after this Florentine explorer, who sailed the coast of South America

Who was Amerigo Vespucci?

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