Continents
This continent is known as the birthplace of humanity
What is Africa
What is France
This is the language spoken in Mexico brought over in the 1500's by a European colonial power
This state contains the city of Miami
What is Florida
A territory under the control of a distant country, often settled by that nation’s people."
What is a colony
This continent is home to the Amazon Rainforest?
This North American country has the longest coastline in the world
This is the language spoken in Brazil, brought over by the small European nation that colonized the land
What is Portuguese
Chicago is located in this state
What is Illinois
The original inhabitants of a region, often affected by colonization
indigenous
This continent has the most countries
What is Africa?
This country holds the ancient city of Machu Picchu
This language is the official language of the African country of Cameroon. A consequence of assimilation during the age of imperialism
What is French
This often rainy state contains the city of Seattle
What is Washington
A form of government in which power resides with elected representatives and an elected leader.
What is a republic
This continent has no permanent population
What is Antarctica?
After a successful revolution against the British monarch 13 colonies became this country that would go on to become a world power in it's own right
What is the United States
This is the national language of Haiti. The first republic of formerly enslaved people
What is French
Kansas City is the name of a city in these 2 US states
What is Kansas and Missouri
One of the largest colonial empires, with territories on every continent during the height of imperialism
What is Britain
This continent is home to the worlds tallest mountain, Mt. Everest
What is Asia?
This country, native home of pop star Rihanna, recently became a republic. Ending a 400 year colonial relationship with the British monarch
What is Barbados
This is the official language of the African nation of Liberia. The nation established as a homeland for Africans displaced during slavery
What is English
New England refers these 6 north eastern states that were originally part of the 13 colonies controlled by the British. (Name at least 2 to earn the points)
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
The 1884 meeting where European nations divided Africa into colonies without African input.
What is the Berlin Conference