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Portuguese navigators innovated this new style of ship
What is the caravel
In 1510, the Portuguese seized this island off the coast of India, making it a commercial and military outpost.
What is Goa
Cortes was assisted by this translator and guide.
Who is Malinche
This British American colony was founded as a haven for religious persecution.
What is Pennsylvania, Maryland or Massachusetts
What is McLaughlin Hall
Columbus made these two mistakes when setting sail in 1492
What is not knowing the Americas existed and underestimating the size of the globe
What is sovereignty
Cortes and the conquistadors were successful in defeating the Natives due to this
What is disease
These two cash crops drove the Southern plantation system in the British colonies of North America.
What are rice and tobacco
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This Portuguese explorer rounded the Cape of Good Hope is 1588 and returned to Portugal.
Who is Bartholomew Dias
The British and French East India Companies formed armies of these Indian troops.
What are Sepoys
When Columbus landed in the Caribbean, he encountered these indigenous people who were at first very friendly to the Spanish.
Who are the Taino
The British acquired the New Netherlands from the Dutch and renamed it this
What is New York
In the event of a campus evacuation, students and faculty will convene at this nearby elementary school.
What is the Barrows School?
In 1497, this Portuguese explorer made a ten-month voyage to Calicut, India and forced a trade treaty with them
Who was Vasco da Gama
What is Macao
This leader of the Incan people resisted the arrival of the Spanish unsuccessfully
Who was Atahualpa
The Seven Year's War, or French and Indian War, concluded with the signing of this treaty
What is the Treaty of Paris
The date on the cornerstone of the main building is this date
What is 1961
These Dutch farmers settled around Cape Town in South Africa and enslaved local tribes.
Who were the Boers
Lord Macartney's audience with the Chinese Emperor Qianlong failed because Macartney refused to perform this ritual.
What is the kowtow
This is the term for pirates that operated with the approval of their governments
What is privateer
At the conclusion of the French and Indian War, the French handed over control of the Louisiana territory to this European rival
What is Spain
Austin Prep recently celebrated this anniversary.
What is 60 years