People
They named America after me.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
The only colony in the New World belonging to Portugal.
What is Brazil?
The first Europeans to reach the New World.
Who are the Vikings?
Spanish conquerors.
What are Conquistadors?
A very large estate used for farming.
What is a plantation?
The Spanish Motto.
What is Gold, God, and Glory?
I am given credit for being the first person to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This was the person put in charge of the Spanish colonies.
What is a Viceroy?
This is what early British, French, and Dutch explorers were seeking.
What is the Northwest Passage?
Where Spanish priests lived.
What were missions?
Instrument used by sailors to measure positions of stars and figure out their latitude.
What is an Astrolabe?
Rebirth of knowledge in Europe.
What is the Renaissance?
I explored twice; the first time for the Dutch, the second time for England
Who is Henry Hudson?
A group of people settled in a distant land who are still controlled by their Mother Country.
What is a colony?
This nation had a monopoly on trade going in and out of the Middle East after the Crusades.
What is Italy?
French fur trappers – Runners of the woods.
Who are Coureur de bois?
The Viking colony in North America
What is Vinland?
DAILY DOUBLE
System of rule by lords who owe loyalty to a king.
What is feudalism?
I conquered the Incan Empire
Who is Pizzaro?
Describe one result of the Columbian Exchange.
What is Native American population decreased / Global exchange of goods and ideas?
An all water route around North America.
What is the Northwest Passage.
Highest social class in the Spanish colonies. 100% Spanish born in Spain.
Who are Peninsulares?
Gave Spanish settlers the right to demand labor and taxes from Native Americans.
What is the Encomienda?
The reason the Aztecs hesitated to fight the Spanish.
What is they thought the Spanish leader (Cortes) was a god?
I asked the Spanish King to pass laws protecting the Native Americans.
Who is Bartolome de Las Casas?
The river along which most of the settlements in New France were located.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
This nation controlled the ocean routes around Africa to India and China
What is Portugal?
DAILY DOUBLE
Part Spanish and Part Native American.
Who are Mestizos?
Judging someone’s culture by the standards of your own, and thinking your culture is better.
What is ethnocentrism?
Drawn by the Pope to divide the Americas between Spain and Portugal.
What is the Line of Demarcation?