U.S. Geography
Vocabulary
Exploration
Columbian Exchange/Transatlantic Slave Trade
100
What is the name of the explorer who "accidentally" discovered America?

What is Christopher Columbus?

100

What does indigenous mean?

What is native/residing in a place before colonization?

100

Which explorer sailed for Spain in 1492, but landed in the Americas?

What is Christopher Columbus

100

What European disease devastated many Native American populations?

What is Smallpox

200

What 3 regions were a part of the Triangular Slave Trade? a) Europe, Asia, North America  b) Europe, Africa, Americas c) Africa, Asia, Antarctica

b) Europe, Africa, Americas

200

What does Conquistador mean?

What is conqueror?

200

What 3 things that start with the letter "G" motivated the Age of Exploration?

What are God, Gold, Glory? 

200

What was the Bubonic Plague also known as?

What is The Black Death?

300

What was the name of the ocean that was traveled during the Triangular Slave Trade?

Atlantic Ocean 

300

What does enslaved mean?

What is being held against your will, forced to work for others?

300

Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire and claimed Mexico for Spain? a) Fernand Magellan b) Hernán Cortés  c) Francisco Pizzaro 

What is Hernán Cortés?

300

How was the Bubonic Plague/The Black Death spread?

What are bites from infected fleas on rats and contact with humans?

400

What continent was the "Middle Leg" of the Triangular Slave Trade?  a) Americas  b) Europe  c) Africa 

What is c) Africa 

400

What does circumnavigate mean?

What is to travel or sail all the way around something.

400

Which Spanish Conquistador was best known for his conquest of the Incan Empire? a) Black Beard b) Marco Polo c) Francisco Pizzaro 

What is c) Francisco Pizzaro?

400

Why did the Transatlantic Slave Trade expand as European colonies developed in the Americas?

What is the European colonies needed a large labor force for plantations that produced profitable crops such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton?

500

Why did Europeans turn to Africa for forced labor/slavery?

What is approximately 90% of the Native American population died from diseases

500

What is cartography? a) a machine to monitor the heart b) science or practice of drawing maps c) metal tool for finding precious metals

What is b) science or practice of drawing maps?

500

Who was the Venetian explorer who traveled along the Silk Road and was a part of the court of Kublai Khan. He inspired others to explore?





Who was Marco Polo?

500

When the Old World met the New World, what did they "swap" (Columbian Exchange)? 

What are plants, animals, and diseases?

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