Explorers
Economy
Places
Technology
People
100
Who is credited with discovering "the Americas'?
Christopher Columbus
100
What is a tarriff?
a high tax
100
What was the first successful settlement in Virginia?
Jamestown
100
What is a mixture of chemicals that explode when lit?
Gunpowder
100
Who set up a navagational school?
Prince Henry
200
Who was the first to circumnavigate the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
200
What is an economic system based on private ownership?
Capitalism
200
Who was the first country to send explorers in search of a sea route to Asia?
Portugal
200
What circular tool determined a ship's latitude?
Astrolabe
200
What is the name for Spanish explorers?
Conquistadors
300
Who was responsible for capturing the Aztec empire in Mexico?
Hernan Cortes
300
What is it called when a country turns inward away from other countries?
Isolationism
300
Pedro Cabral claimed what South American country for Portugal?
Brazil
300
What is a lightweight, fast ship with triangular sails?
Caravel
300
Who made sea charts and globes?
cartographers
400
Who was the first European to stand in the Pacific Ocean?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
400
What is a system where powerful nations rule over the land and people of weaker nations?
Colonialism
400
What place did Marco Polo travel?
Silk Road
400
What was used to tell wind direction, ship's direction, and time of day?
Compass
400
Who governed settler colonies?
Mother Country
500
Who is credited with crushing the Incan Empire in South America?
Francisco Pizzaro
500
What is it called when individual buyers and sellers exchange goods and services?
Market Economy
500
What country was Columbus from and what country did he explore for?
Italy, Spain
500
What two devices were used to tell time?
Sundial and Sandglass
500
Who were the first people Columbus encountered?
Tainos
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