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Video Bonus #1
Video Bonus #2
100

This group were the first Europeans to travel to the Americas.

Who are the Vikings

100

Canada is part of this continent:

What is North America.

100

Definition of __________: The action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.

What is Colonization

200

This Canadian province is where the first European settlement in the Americas was established around the year 1000.

What is Newfoundland and Labrador.

200

"The greatest city in the world" which fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1452 and closed the Silk Road.

What is Constantinople

200

This route between Europe and Asia was extremely long, difficult, and dangerous to transport goods on.

What is The Silk Road

300

This "explorer" convinced the Spanish King and Queen to fund his trip to India because he was bad at math and believed the world was 1/3 smaller than it really is.

Who is Columbus

300

The Treaty of Tordesillas was between these two countries.

What are Spain and Portugal.

300

Name three goods that were transported on The Silk Road.

Possible answers: precious metals, fabrics, silk, wool, spices, foods, weapons, gunpowder, artworks, knowledge.

400

"________ Doctrine" is a law that states that all land not controlled by a European Christian Monarch is owned by whatever European Christian Monarch gets to it first."

What is Discovery Doctrine

500

This African ruler was the richest man in the history of the world (yes, even more so than Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk combined). His wealth inspired the Portuguese to explore Africa.

Who is Mansa Musa.

500

The belief that "colonies existed solely for the benefit and enrichment of the colonizer" is the belief of which group of people at this time?

Who are the Europeans. 

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