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100

The French valued pelts from this animal

Beaver

100

A military advantage the Conquistadors had over the Natives 

Gunpowder


100

Pizarro's conquest took place in present day ________

Peru 

100

Quebec was a city created by explorers from this country

France 

100

The river that spans most of the U.S., emptying at the mouth of the New Orleans River

Mississippi 

200

The Pilgrims left Plymouth England in this ship

Mayflower

200

This device was used to record location of Celestial Bodies

Astrolabe 

200

The man credited with sparking the Age of Explo. through his funding of voyages around the West Coast of Africa

Prince Henry the Navigator 

200

Christopher Columbus is from Genoa, a city state located in present day

Italy 

200

How many Dunkin Donuts are there in Reading? (Margin of error: 2) 

6

300

The French sailed down this river

St. Lawrence 

300

The process of map making is known as

Cartography 


300

This man is credited with making the first trip around the Cape of Good Hope

Dias 

300

The name of the trade route connecting Europe to Asia

Silk Road 


300

Who do the Patriots play week 1? Hint: Big mean Cat

Bengals 

400

In addition to the English and French, what country colonized parts of what is today the USA

Netherlands, Spain, Sweden 

400

Device used to steer ships located underneath the water

Stern Post Rudder


400

This man made the realization that Columbus had in fact NOT discovered a western route to Asia

Vespucci 

400

The Cape of Good Hope is located just south of this country

South Africa 

400

Columbus did not land on continental USA, but landed on the island of Hispaniola located in this Sea. Hint: an ocean is not a sea

Caribbean 

500

Though the English landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620, what southern colony was established over a decade prior?

Jamestown


500

Ship design that was smaller and more sleak

Caravel 

500
The man who advocated against the Encomienda system

Casas 


500

A series of conflicts between the Eastern and Western world closed off trade routes Europe to Asia. These conflicts were the

Crusades 

500

The disease that had the UNINTENDED consequence of wiping out nearly 90% of the indigenous population 

Smallpox 

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