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100
Name two major Native American civilizations that existed before the Encounter in Central or South America.
What are the Aztec, Inca, Maya, and Olmec?
100
He was the Italian explorer who "discovered" the Americas.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
This is the definition of the Columbian Exchange.
What is “the global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas”?
100
This is land controlled by another nation.
What is a colony?
100
This is a piece of land that is surrounded on three sides by water. Give a real-world example.
What is a peninsula?
200
They were one of two groups that came from England to North America searching for religious freedom.
Who were the Pilgrims and the Puritans?
200
These were the "Three G's" given as the main motivations for European exploration.
What are God, Gold, and Glory?
200
This was the war between two European countries which would come to shape the colonial history of North America, also known as the Seven Years' War.
What is the French and Indian War?
200
This was the economic theory that was based on the notion of private ownership of property and the investment of money.
What is capitalism?
200
These are the four early river valley civilizations we studied last year.
What are Mesopotamia (Tigris and Euphrates), Egypt (Nile), India (Indus), and China (Yellow)?
300
They were the king and queen of Spain who paid for the voyage which would eventually "discover" the Americas.
Who were Ferdinand and Isabella?
300
This was the term for Spanish explorers who came to conquer lands in the New World and become rich and famous.
What are conquistadors?
300
This was the Spanish word used to describe the system in which Native Americans (and, later, Africans) were used as forced laborers in the Americas, similar to the plantations of the southern U.S.
What is encomienda?
300
This was the name for the system of trade routes that connected Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
What is the triangular trade?
300
These are the world's three largest monotheistic faiths.
What are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
400
Name two goods that traveled from the New World to the Old World, and two more that traveled the other way.
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400
With which country did the Native Americans have a better relationship in North America: the English or the French? Explain why.
France
400
This European country was the first to colonize New York.
Who were the Dutch (the Netherlands)?
400
This was the economic theory that stated that countries were only as powerful as they were rich, and that they should establish colonies to use for raw materials and as captive markets for finished goods.
What is mercantilism?
400
He was the founder of Buddhism?
Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
500
He was the Portuguese ruler who personally established a school for mapmaking and shipbuilding.
Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?
500
He was the Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztec.
Who was Hernando Cortés?
500
Ferdinand Magellan was the first explorer to accomplish this feat, sailing around the entire globe.
What is circumnavigation?
500
These types of companies were formed by groups of investors who wanted to fund large exploration missions without wanting to risk all of their own money individually.
What are joint-stock companies?
500
The capital of the Byzantine Empire sat on a body of water that was extremely important for trade. Give the two names this city went by, as well as the name of the body of water that made it so strategically important.
What are Constantinople, Istanbul, and the Bosporus Strait?
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