Who am I
I was the translator for Cortez in Mexico when he was trying to conquer the Aztecs.
Who is Malinche (Dona Marina)
The name for a map maker
What is a Cartographer
These islands in what is current day Indonesia were the chief source of spices, one of the luxury products back in the day that help kick start the Age of Exploration
What are the Moluccas?
Hernan Cortes, who conquered the Aztecs and turned Tenochtitlan into Mexico City, was from this European country
What is Spain?
The second and third generation of leaders of the Spanish colonies in South America were born in the colonies and were the children and grandchildren of the leaders who were born in Spain. What was tehe name of these leaders who were born in the colonies?
What are Creoles?
The Aztec king who was known for sacrificing the lives of his enemies by ripping out their hearts while the captives were still alive.
Who is Moctezuma (or Montezuma)
Two part question: 1) Term that means to sail around the globe. 2) And the person recognized as the first person to sail around the world
What is to Circumnavigate?
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
The main Portuguese trading port/center on the coast of India / the Indian Ocean
What is Goa?
The first people the Columbus came in contact with in the New World -- in what is current day The Bahamas -- were what group?
What are the Tainos
This is the name for the portion of what is known as the Triangular Trade that brought enslaved people from the west coast of Africa to the Americas and to the Caribbean islands.
What is the Middle Passage?
This man was known as the Navigator and led Portugal to become the dominant explorer of the oceans in the mid-1400s
Who is Prince Henry
It is used to determine a ships latitude through the position of stars/celestial bodies
What is an Astrolabe?
The Portuguese trading post that is on an island near Hong Kong, just off the coast of China.
Today, it is a city famous for its gambling and night life, similar to Las Vegas
What is Macao? (also known as Macau)
Bartolomeu Dias, who was the first European explorer to round the southern tip of Africa (which opened the way for a sea route from Europe to Asia) was from this country.
What is Portugal?
The transfer of products and diseases between the Americas (North and South) and Europe and Africa is called....
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The Dutch farmers (originally from the Netherlands) who settled Cape Town, South Africa
What are the Boers
The new ship type developed by the Portuguese made it possible to sail into the wind and help make the small country of Portugal into a world power.
What is the Caravel?
The empire based in Peru conquered by Spaniard Fransisco Pizarro. Pizarro then executed Atahualpa, this empire's king.
What are the Inca?
This is the island group in Asia where Ferdinand Magellan died. Magellan was reportedly killed by a poison arrow during a skirmish between rival groups living on these island
What are the Philippines?
Two part question: The name of the imaginary line that divides the world into Eastern and Western Hemispheres; The name of the imaginary line that divides the world into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
What is the Prime Meridian and what is the Equator?
The term for powerful government leaders in the Spanish colonies in South America who were born in Spain
What are Peninsulares
The main product that kicked off the Age of Exploration
What are Spices?
A French outpost at the confluence of the Mississippi, Missouri that became a wealthy fur trading center
What is St. Louis?
This empire controlled much of India when the Europeans first sailed into the Indian Ocean. This empire had famous leaders such as Akbar and Shah Jahan
What is the Mughal Empire?
These three languages are by far the most spoken in the Americas. (your answer does not have to be in any particular order.
What are English, Spanish and Portuguese