Vocabulary
Word of the Day
Christopher Columbus
Portuguese
Global Age
100
An Indian troop.
What is a Sepoy?
100
To remain alone or apart from others.
What is isolation?
100
The year Columbus set sail for the Americas.
What is 1492?
100
A position used as a base for further advance
What is a foothold?
100
People from the Netherlands.
Who are the Dutch?
200
Distant areas under military or merchant control
What is an outpost?
200
Enforcing a policy you don't practice personally.
What is hypocrisy?
200
Columbus' boat named after Saint Mary.
What is the Santa Maria?
200
Portuguese priests that spread religion.
What is a missionary?
200
Country named after King Phillip II.
What is the Phillippines?
300
Full independent powers.
What is soverignty?
300
Speaking two languages fluently.
What is bilingual?
300
Country that sponsored Columbus' voyage.
What is Spain?
300
He lead Portugal into the Indian ocean.
Who is Afonso de Alburquerque?
300
British royalty that offended the Chinese.
Who is Lord McCartney?
400
A ruling family.
What is a dynasty?
400
Exclusive control of a business.
What is a monopoly?
400
Place that Columbus landed.
What is Hispanola (modern day Haiti & the Dominican Republic)?
400
Portugal's military and commercial base in India.
What is Goa?
400
Unpaid Russian workers.
Who are the Slavs?
500
Relating to an empire or emperor.
What is imperial?
500
A fatal epidemic disease.
What is a pestilence?
500
Country that Columbus was trying to reach.
What is India?
500
Person that sponsored Portugal's explorations.
Who is Prince Henry?
500
First European settlement in Africa.
What is Cape Town?
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