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100

Name the explorer that sailed into the Bahama Islands in 1492 on three ships while thinking he landed on the shores of the country of India.

Who is Christopher Columbus

100

What was the agreement made between Spain and Portugal in 1494 that allowed Spain all new lands in the west of a certain line of latitude, and Portugal could claim all new lands east of the line. 

What is Treaty of Tordesillas?

100

This is where Columbus first stepped foot in the New World? 

What are the Bahamas? 

100

Henry Hudson and John Cabot among many others sought this sea route through North America. 

What is the Northwest Passage

100

How did the Vikings travel and what lands did they find?

What is...What is.....the Vikings traveled by boat as being fierce seafarers and discovered lands today known as the country of Canada (Nova Scotia/Newfoundland)

200

A Portuguese navigator, he commanded a Spanish expedition that was the first to travel across the world (1519-1522) (although he died along the way)

What is Ferdinand Magellan

200

Was an Italian explorer who sailed for Spain and first proved that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia, but a New World

Who is Amerigo Vespucci

200

This group caused Constantinople to no longer be a city that was open to European trade starting in 1453. 

Who are the Ottoman Turks 

200

This aspect of the Columbian Exchange is considered to have made possible the European conquest and colonization of the Americas

What is disease? 

200

Which of these European dishes would have been impossible to make in Europe without the Columbian Exchange? a. pork sausage and mustard  b. tomato sauce and pasta   c. bread and olive oil   d. roasted lamb

What is B. Tomato and Pasta Sauce (Tomatoes came from the New World)

300

a Portuguese monarch's son Although who rarely participated in explorations, but sent many expeditions from Portugal to the west coast of Africa, and was responsible for Portugal’s influence in the Great Age of Exploration. His school of navigation resulted in a breakthrough for Portuguese navigation.

What is Prince Henry (Henry the Navigator)

300

The period of time known for rediscovery of art and learning including exploration of new continents, the decline of feudalism, the invention of the mariner's compass, and the invention or application of such potentially powerful innovations as paper and the printing press.

What is the Renaissance

300

What system did the Spanish use for labor on their haciendas in the New World? 

What is the Encomienda System ?

300

Tobacco, Corn, potatoes, etc. came from where? 

The New World

300

The Explorer who was the first to spot the Pacific Ocean

Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa? 

400

Who was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India? His success in doing so proved to be one of the more instrumental moments in the history of navigation. He subsequently made two other voyages to India, and was appointed as Portuguese viceroy in India in 1524.

What is Vasco da Gama

400

a Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire and won Mexico for the crown of Spain.

What is Hernando Cortes

400

This was the focus of French exploration in the New World

What is the fur trade? 

400

Coffee, domesticated animals, and wheat came from where? 

What is...the Old World (Europe, Asia, Africa)?

400
What did Martin Luther start in 1517 that led to many Europeans escaping the religious conflicts it caused? 

What is the Protestant Reformation? 

500

The first European to sail to North America for England, and claimed Canada in 1497

Who is John Cabot?

500

The use of African slaves and the spread of diseases to the New World came about as a result of what cultural exchange? 

What is the Columbian Exchange? 

500

Spanish explorer and conquistador, he helped Vasco Núñez de Balboa discover the Pacific Ocean, and after conquering Peru and the Incas, founded its capital city, Lima.

What is Francisco Pizarro

500

Explain two positive effects of the Columbian Exchange on the entire world.

What is.....New ideas and products being exchanged between various parts of the world, etc. More foods, more land farmed, places for Europeans to go to escape religious conflicts, etc. 

500

Led the first European expedition around the Cape of Good Hope

Who is Bartolomeo Diaz? 

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