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600

Portuguese navigators innovated this new style of ship

What is the caravel

600

In 1510, the Portuguese seized this island off the coast of India, making it a commercial and military outpost.

What is Goa

600

Cortes was assisted by this translator and guide.

Who is Malinche

600

This British American colony was founded as a haven for religious persecution.

What is Pennsylvania, Maryland or Massachusetts

600
Austin Prep's main building is divided into two "halls". This is the name of the hallway we are currently in.

What is McLaughlin Hall

700

Columbus made these two mistakes when setting sail in 1492

What is not knowing the Americas existed and underestimating the size of the globe

700
This made the Dutch East India Company effective in their conquest of the Spice Trade.

What is sovereignty

700

Cortes and the conquistadors were successful in defeating the Natives due to this

What is disease

700

These two cash crops drove the Southern plantation system in the British colonies of North America.

What are rice and tobacco

700
Austin Prep currently has several alumni on campus. Name one.

Answers will vary

800

This Portuguese explorer rounded the Cape of Good Hope is 1588 and returned to Portugal.

Who is Bartholomew Dias

800

The British and French East India Companies formed armies of these Indian troops.

What are Sepoys

800

When Columbus landed in the Caribbean, he encountered these indigenous people who were at first very friendly to the Spanish.

Who are the Taino

800

The British acquired the New Netherlands from the Dutch and renamed it this

What is New York

800

In the event of a campus evacuation, students and faculty will convene at this nearby elementary school.

What is the Barrows School?

900

In 1497, this Portuguese explorer made a ten-month voyage to Calicut, India and forced a trade treaty with them

Who was Vasco da Gama

900
The Ming Dynasty opened a port here where Portuguese and Dutch traders were allowed to trade from each season but had to leave afterwards.

What is Macao

900

This leader of the Incan people resisted the arrival of the Spanish unsuccessfully

Who was Atahualpa

900

The Seven Year's War, or French and Indian War, concluded with the signing of this treaty

What is the Treaty of Paris

900

The date on the cornerstone of the main building is this date

What is 1961

1000

These Dutch farmers settled around Cape Town in South Africa and enslaved local tribes.

Who were the Boers

1000

Lord Macartney's audience with the Chinese Emperor Qianlong failed because Macartney refused to perform this ritual.

What is the kowtow

1000

This is the term for pirates that operated with the approval of their governments

What is privateer

1000

At the conclusion of the French and Indian War, the French handed over control of the Louisiana territory to this European rival

What is Spain

1000

Austin Prep recently celebrated this anniversary.

What is 60 years