Name the super-continent that geologists believe contained all of the land mass on earth 200 million years ago.
What is Pangea
100
A decline of 90 percent of the Indian population in the New World was caused by what
What is disease (could say smallpox, malaria and yellow fever)
100
During the 15th century European explorers were trying to find a less expensive trade route to which continent
What is Asia
(China/India/Orient)
100
Name the capital of the Aztec Empire
What is Tenochtitlan
100
Mistaken term that European explorers gave American people because of the false belief that they were off the coast of Asia
What is Indians
200
North America's first settlers came across which land-bridge, connecting Siberia and Alaska.
{Bonus; What climatic event caused this bridge to form?}
What is the Bering Strait/Beringia
200
What is the Spanish name given to the "conquerors" who ravaged Aztec and Incan cities?
What is Conquistadores
200
The Spanish may have been the first Europeans to have successful settlements in the New World, but other European explorers are thought to have reached America first, around 1000 AD. These European explorers were
What is the Norse/Vikings
200
When Norse explorers landed in North America they gave the new land this name
What is Vinland
200
European voyages around Africa and across the Atlantic in attempt to reach Asia were spurned by what needs
What is Spices, gold & silver, silk, other trade goods, spread God/religious freedom
300
Geologically, the oldest mountains in North America are
What is Appalachian Mountains.
300
The rapid expansion of European, as well as global commerce resulted from what resources found in the New World
What is Gold and Silver
300
Before and during the time of Columbus, which European nation was focused most on expanding its maritime abilities, specifically sailing around the African coast
{What Prince famously sponsored many of these journeys?}
What is Portugal
{Prince Henry the Navigator}
300
Many Indian cultures like the Iriquois traced their descent through the female line. What is this form of society called
What is Matrilinear
-focal
-archy
300
Chains of settlements (missions) were created in California primarily for what reason
What is conversion of Natives
400
The geography of the North American continent was fundamentally shaped by these geographical features.
What is Glaciers.
400
The Aztec Empire fell to this Spanish soldier
What is Hernán Cortés (Cortés is sufficient)
400
These two Monarchs financed Columbus's voyage to the New World
What is Ferdinand and Isabella
400
Though most Indians in North America did not live in great cities like the Incas or Aztecs, which Indian group was a strong political and military influence in North America
What is Iroquois (Iroquois Confederacy works too)
400
Cortes was able to enter Tenochtitlan relatively easy because the Aztecs thought of him as
What is Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec god
500
Christopher Columbus landed on the major island "Hispaniola" when he reached the Americas. Which modern day nations are contained on this major island?
What is Haiti and the Dominican Republic
500
According to Columbus' brother, the number of Indians living just on the island of Hispanola in the year 1492 was approximately
What is ~20 million
500
This British sailor was hired by the Dutch to explore the eastern seaboard of North America.
He now has a major river and bay in far northern Canada named after him.
Who is Henry Hudson.
500
Spain was unified after driving out which population from the southern portions of their country
What is the Moors
500
The fall of this city to the Ottoman Turks led to European attempts to find an alternative to the Silk Road.