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100
A small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th–17th centuries.

What is a Caravel? 

100

Portugal seized this state in India in 1510. 

What is Goa? 

100

The influx of these metals caused significant inflation in the 1500s and 1600s. 

What are Gold and Silver? 

100

This leader of the Catholic Church oversaw the Treaty of Tordesillas. 

Who is the Pope? 

100

This was the Spanish Queen who, with her Husband Ferdinand II, provided the funding for Columbus' voyages. 

Who is Isabella? 

200

The part of the Triangular Trade that brought enslaved Africans to the Americas. 

What is the Middle Passage? 

200

This group of islands in Asia were colonized by Spain. 

What are the Philippines? 

200

In this process raw materials are purchased by entrepreneurs and transformed into marketable goods in workers' homes. 

What is Cottage Industry? (putting-out-system) 

200

Many European countries sent these people to convert others. 

What are missionaries? 


200

This Portuguese ruler funded Navigational Schools which charted routes along the coast of Africa. 

Who is Prince Henry? 

(Henry the Navigator) 

300

This astronomical instrument is used to calculate the position of celestial bodies and to observe the night sky. 

What is an astrolabe? 

300

The original European settlers of Canada before it was taken by Britain following the Seven Years War. 

What is France? 

300

Some countries sought to reduce imports through the use of these taxes on them. 

What are tariffs? 

300

In New Spain, this system forced Native Americans to work 'in exchange' for conversion. 

What is Encomienda

300

This Aztec ruler was overthrown by Hernán Cortés.  

Who is Moctezuma? 

400

Ferdinand Magellan wanted to sail around the world. Though he died on the way, his crew would be the first to do this to the world. 

What is circumnavigate? 

400

This Dutch group settled South Africa in the 1600s. 

Who are Boers? 

400

In medieval Europe, these groups controlled the production of many goods. 

What are guilds? 

400

Attempts to introduce Christianity were largely unsuccessful in this country ruled by a Shogun. 

What is Japan?

400

This officials in New Spain were appointed by the king to rule. 

What are Viceroys? 

500

This sailor was the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa. Vasco would continue his route to later reach India. 

Who is Bartolomeu Dias? 

500

A port-city on the coast of North Africa, conquered by Portugal.

What is Ceuta? 

500

This was one of the first joint-stock-companies, founded in the Netherlands in 1602. 

What is the Dutch East India Company? 

500

This Spanish priest (a Dominican Friar) criticized the poor treatment of Native Americans in his A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies.

Who is Bartolomé de las Casas? 

500

This Kongo ruler sought to restrict the slave trade in Africa. 

Who is Mvemba a Nzinga (Afonso I)? 

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