Vocabulary
Conquistadors
Columbus
Location
Randomness
100
What word refers to a group of people who settle in a distant land but are still ruled by their native country's government?
What is colony
100
What does the word "conquistador" translate to in English?
What is Conqueror
100
Which country did Columbus sail for?
What is Spain
100
Latitude ranges in degrees from zero to what number?
What is 90
100
What is the square root of 9?
What is 3
200
Which New Spain settlement was the towns - used for trading and government?
What is Pueblos
200
What is one of the reasons that the Spanish Conquistadors were able to defeat the natives with so few soldiers?
What is 1. Better weapons/technology 2. Thought they were gods 3. Diseases 4. Convinced the enemies of these cultures to ally with the Spanish
200
In which country was Columbus born?
What is Italy
200
Longitude ranges in degrees from 0 to what number?
What is 180
200
How many points is a safety worth in football?
What is 2
300
Which type of New Spain settlement was settle up as a military fort?
What is a Presidio
300
What lake was the capital city of Tenochtitlan built within?
What is Lake Texcoco
300
In which month did Columbus reach land in 1492?
What is October
300
Which line of latitude is farther north - the equator or the tropic of capricorn?
What is Equator
300
What is the capital of Austria?
What is Vienna
400
What word refers to the soil deposited at the mouth of the river?
What is Delta
400
What was the name of the Aztec emporer?
What is Moctezuma
400
Which line of latitude is farther south - the Antarctic Circle or the Arctic Circle?
What is the Antarctic Circle
400
In which quadrant of the world is Argentina located?
What is Southwestern quadrant
500
What word refers to a narrow strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land or a peninsula to the mainland?
What is Isthmus
500
What is a Viceroy?
What is a royal governor
500
What two countries make up the colony of Hispaniola?
What is Haiti and Dominican Republic
500
BONUS!
BONUS
500
How many hours of community service do you need in order to graduate from WLC?
What is 24 or 6 each year
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