Maritime Exploration & Technology
Colombian Exchange
Economic Changes & Global Commerce
Cultural & Religious Interactions
How Well Do You Know Mr. Skaggs?
100
Who was the Chinese admiral who led massive treasure voyages in the early 1400s?
Zheng He
100
What domesticated animal, introduced by the Spanish, reshaped most Native American societies?
Horses
100
Explain one way silver connected European economies to Asia.
Europeans paid China in silver, global currency, trade imbalances, etc.
100
What is the name of the hierarchical system that codified race into law in Spanish America?
The Casta System
100
What is my favorite sport?
Football
200
Identify two motivations for European maritime expansion in the 15th century.
Gold, spices, finding new routes, spreading Christianity, rivalry with Muslim states, etc.
200
Name one environmental consequence of plantation agriculture in the Americas.
Deforestation, soil depletion, loss of biodiversity, rise of mono-culture agriculture, etc.
200
What is the name of the largest silver mine, located in modern day Bolivia?
Potosi
200
Describe one way religion justified European imperialism.
“Civilizing mission,” conversion, divine authority, etc.
200
What is my son's name?
Oliver
300
What ship type, developed by Portugal, was fast, maneuverable, and ideal for Atlantic exploration?
The Caravel
300
What new stimulant crop from the Americas became a major cash crop in the Ottoman Empire?
Tobacco
300
Identify one joint-stock company from Unit 4
Dutch East India Company (VOC), British East India Company, Hudson's Bay Company.
300
Explain why Christianity spread more successfully in the Americas than in China.
Collapse of Indigenous institutions; disease; colonial rule; etc.
300
What is my main in Super Smash Brothers?
Mario
400
Name one way in which the printing press affected exploration.
Spread of navigation knowledge, maps, travel accounts, and scientific exchange.
400
What is the first major cash crop grown on plantations using enslaved labor in the Americas?
Sugar
400
Explain why Europeans struggled to gain a trade advantage in the Indian Ocean.
Asian states dominated, better ships, Europeans lacked goods Asians wanted.
400
What is the Japanese policy that severely restricted foreign contact?
Sakoku
400
What is my favorite Pokemon?
Charizard
500
Identify one reason why Chinese maritime voyages ended after 1433.
Cost, Confucian resistance, northern threats, political shifts, etc.
500
Explain how the Colombian Exchange strengthened European Imperialism.
New wealth, cash crops, forced labor systems, demographic growth, etc.
500
Identify one continuity in Indian Ocean trade even after European arrival.
Muslim merchants, monsoon winds, luxury goods, etc.
500
Describe one example of a syncretic religion in the Americas.
Vodun, Santería, Candomblé, etc.
500
What is my favorite K-Pop group?
BLACKPINK
(They're in your area.)