Geography
Important Concepts
People
Countries
Documents
100
This mountain range is on the western half of the continent
Andes
100
The creation of this document led to less enslavement of Native Americans but more enslavement of Africans in the New World
Black Legend
100
He wrote how the Spaniards acted like devils, making poor ambassadors for Christianity in Peru
Titu Cusi Yupanqui
100
This Native American empire, located in Peru, was subjugated by the Spaniards after Pizarro kidnapped their emperor
Inca
100
Columbus thought these Native Americans would make great slaves
Taino
200
This mountain range is in the northwest part of Africa
Atlas
200
In the caste system, this term was used to refer to people who were half-indian and half-Spaniard
Mestizo
200
By converting his people to Christianity, he provided them with new alliances, including the Pope
King Afonso I Mvemba a Nzinga
200
They made their money selling slave insurance
Dutch
200
The Aztecs thought this man was a god on earth
Hernan Cortes
300
this mountain range defines the boundaries between several European countries
The Alps
300
This was a 700 year war fought between Muslims and Catholics over who would control Iberia.
Reconquista
300
This English Privateer destroyed the Spanish Armada, opening the Atlantic for European rivals to colonize.
Sir Francis Drake
300
They were the first European country to get in on that lucrative West African slave trade
Portuguese
300
The Spaniards started killing Aztecs at this event
fiesta
400
This mountain range defines the western half of the United States
Rockies
400
the Musungu people designed their homes after the homes of this creature, which may have provided them with a way of camouflaging from slavers
Termites
400
In 1492, the Catholic Crowns of Isbella and Ferdinand joined forces to remove these two religions from Iberia
Islam and Judaism
400
This Native American empire, known for human sacrifices, were destroyed by the Spaniards in Mesoamerica
Aztecs
400
Olaudah Equiano wrote about his time on this leg of the triangle trade
Middle Passage
500
Following this trail across the eastern US puts you through this mountain range
Appalachian
500
The Ndebele, Mursi, and Surma used this type of defense against slavery, making them less attractive to capture.
Body modifications
500
He was a priest shocked by the horrors of Indian slave labor
Bartolomé de Las Casas
500
The pope protected this kingdom from a Portuguese invasion, claiming that religion trumped skin color
Kongo
500
this was a common disease that could kill many slaves stuck in such conditions
dysentery
(also accept cholera)