Timeline and Influential Figures
Exploration/Colonization
Vocab
Economy
Fun!!!!
100
What year did Christopher Columbus sail the ocean blue?
1492
100
What is one of the three colonies England set up?
Charter, Proprietary, and Royal colonies
100
What is the set of principles that declared a nations worth was based on the gold and silver it had
Mercantilism
100
What was the trade network between Africa, Europe, and the Americas called?
Triangular Trade
100
What was Quetzalcoatl the god of?
Merchants, Arts, Crafts, Knowledge
200
Marco Polo went from Venice, to the Chinese court, how did he become well known?
Writing about his experiences
200
What land did France colonize?
Canada
200
What was the term for converting people to Christianity
Evangelization
200
What was the worlds first multinational corporation?
The Dutch East India Corporation
200
What was Thoth known for?
Inventing writing/Hieroglyphics, Creating Languages
300
What Spanish Conquistador conquered the Aztec?
Hernan Cortes
300
How did the Americas have enough people to produce resources to trade other places
Slave trade with Africa
300
To travel completely around
Circumnavigate
300
Charter colonies were all operated and administered by who?
Shareholders belonging to a joint-stock company
300
In the Trojan War, who came up with the idea to hide inside of a wooden horse?
Odysseus
400
What Spanish Conquistador conquered the Inca?
Francisco Pizarro
400
What country developed galleons to carry goods to Mexico?
Spain
400
What was the small ship made to make exploration easier to the Americas?
Caravel
400
How did the Portuguese gain control of the Spice Islands?
Signed a treaty with local rulers.
400
How was Aphrodite born?
From sea foam after unfortunate events
500
Who settled the fears of the Spanish and Portuguese when they were afraid of each other?
The Pope 
500
What was the big reason the Spanish were able to conquer both the Inca AND Aztec?
Disease
500
Economic system in which people can invest in trade and goods for profit
Capitalism
500
What was brought to the Americas that encouraged the expansion of slavery?
Cash crops
500
What was the first thing to recognize Odysseus when he got home?
His Dog, Argos