People
Geography
Vocabulary
the letter "P"
Test Questions
100
he is given credit for the exchanges between the Old World and New World even though he thought he landed in India
What is Columbus
100
Columbus called the people he met Indians because he thought he landed in which country
What is India
100
In Latin, Amerigo translates into the word...
What is America
100
popular food European nation couldn't have invented without the tomatoes from the New World
What is Pizza
100
animal Europeans brought that frightened Native Americans
What is horse
200
he was the Spanish conquistador that defeated the Aztecs
What is Cortes
200
the Portuguese tried to find a quicker and easier route to Asia by sailing around which continent?
What is Africa
200
to completely circle the world
What is circumnavigate
200
the ocean European sailors entered once they went around South America
What is Pacific
200
disease the Europeans brought that killed millions of Natives
What is smallpox
300
the first person to circumnavigate the world
What is Magellan
300
the islands Columbus actually visited are commonly referred to today as the...
What is Bahamas
300
the term for a Spanish conqueror that explored and took land from the Natives
What is conquistador
300
the fruit that Columbus thought the Earth was shaped like
What is pear
300
Europeans grew sugar to make money so they needed cheap/slave labor to work on large...
What is plantations
400
the leader of the Aztecs when the Spanish defeated them
What is Montezuma
400
King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella of this country finally gave Columbus the money he needed for his voyage
What is Spain
400
to build up resistance to a disease
What is immunity
400
the Spanish leader that defeated the Incan Empire
What is Pizarro
400
the three continents that were known as the Old World
What is Africa, Asia & Europe
500
the leader of the Inca that the Spanish held for ransom
What is Atahualpa
500
European nations looked for quicker and cheaper routes to Asia as which country controlled the Mediterranean Sea routes to Asia
What is Italy
500
to make your country economically strong through trade
What is mercantilism
500
a ship that Columbus led to the New World
What is Pinta
500
also known as maize, this New World item became a popular food for animals and humans in Europe
What is corn
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