U.S. Geography
What is the name of the explorer who "accidentally" discovered America?
What is Christopher Columbus?
What does indigenous mean?
What is native/residing in a place before colonization?
Which explorer sailed for Spain in 1492, but landed in the Americas?
What is Christopher Columbus?
What European disease devastated many Native American populations?
What is Smallpox?
What 3 regions were a part of the Triangular Slave Trade? a) Europe, Asia, North America b) Europe, Africa, Americas c) Africa, Asia, Antarctica
What is b) Europe, Africa, Americas?
What does Conquistador mean?
What is conqueror?
What 3 things that start with the letter "G" motivated the Age of Exploration?
What are God, Gold, Glory?
What was the Bubonic Plague also known as?
What is The Black Death?
What was the name of the ocean that was traveled during the Triangular Slave Trade?
What is the Atlantic Ocean>
What does enslaved mean?
What is being held against your will, forced to work for others?
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?
How was the Bubonic Plague/The Black Death spread?
What are bites from infected fleas on rats and contact with humans?
What continent was the "Middle Leg" of the Triangular Slave Trade? a) Americas b) Europe c) Africa
What is c) Africa?
What does circumnavigate mean?
What is to travel or sail all the way around something?
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?
Why did the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade increase as European colonies grew in the Americas?
What is there was more labor was needed on plantations that produced profitable crops such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton?
Why did Europeans turn to Africa for forced labor/slavery?
What is approximately 90% of the Native American population died from diseases?
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?
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?
When the Old World met the New World, what did they "swap" (Columbian Exchange)?
What are plants, animals, and diseases?