Vocabulary
People
Places
Seeds of Change
Map Skills
100
What is a journey made for a special purpose?
what is an expedition
100
Who were the 2 people that gave money to Christopher Columbus to go on his expedition?
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
100
Columbus sailed here that is just off the coast of North America?
Bahama Islands
100
What crop became known as a friend of the poor because it was easy to grow?
Potato
100
What sea is the Taino lands located?
Caribbean Sea
200
What is a settlement far away from the country that rules it?
What is a colony
200
Who had 3 ships named the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria?
Christopher Columbus
200
What is the capital of the Aztec empire?
Tenochtitlan
200
What crop was grown everywhere in the Americas?
Maize (corn)
200
What ocean did Columbus sail across?
Atlantic Ocean
300
What were Spanish soldiers called?
What are Conquistadors
300
Who led an expedition from Cuba to Tenochtitlan in search of gold.
Hernando Cortez
300
What was the new Spanish colony in Mexico called?
New Spain
300
What crop brought Africans to America as slaves?
Sugar
300
What islands were part of New Spain?
Cuba
400
This brought American plants and animals to Europe, including chili peppers, tomatoes, corn, pineapples, turkeys, and diseases.
What is the Columbian Exchange
400
Who was a Portuguese sea captain proving a ship could circumnavigate the world.
Magellan
400
What is the new name for Tenochtitlan?
Mexico City
400
What animal made living on the plains easier for the Native Americans?
Horse
400
What are parallel lines that run across the globe that are north or south of the equator called?
Latitude
500
What is a large area of land that included Indian villages
What is Encomiendas
500
Who was the Spanish conquistador of the Incas?
Francisco Pizarro
500
What did Christopher Columbus call his new island he found?
San Salvador
500
What is germs carrying smallpox?
Disease
500
What are latitude and longitude measured in?
Degrees
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