Colonization
These are the shared motivations for European colonization of the Americas
What are the three G's (Gold, God, Glory) or obtain wealth/money, religion, and national pride/rivalry with other countries
These four items were traded between European countries and China/India prior to 1492.
What are spices, nautical tools, gunpowder, and silk?
These continents make up the "New World".
What are North and South America?
Corn
What is New World?
This is the number of boroughs or sections of the city the NYC Marathon runs through.
What is five?
This country sought a place for Puritans to freely practice their religion
What is England/Britain?
These two items were the major resources traded between European countries and African countries prior to 1492.
What is salt and gold?
These continents make up the "Old World"
What are Africa, Asia, and Europe?
Sugarcane
What is Old World?
The NYC Marathon is the largest in the world. This is the number of people who finished the race in 2025.
What is 59,226?
These two countries were motivated to colonize the Americas to be able to spread Catholicism.
What are Spain and France?
This was the majority export being sent from Africa to the Americas after 1492.
What is enslaved Africans?
These were the four things transferred as a part of the Columbian Exchange.
What are plants, animals, diseases, and people?
Potatoes
This is the marathon world record time.
What is 2:00.35?
This country focused on trading with Indigenous people, especially animal furs, and had relatively positive interactions with them.
What is France?
This was the majority export being sent from the Americas to Europe after 1492.
What is raw materials?
This part of the world (New/Old) had food sources with higher average caloric content prior to the Columbian Exchange.
What is the New World?
Cows
What is Old World?
The NYC Marathon is considered a World Major Marathon. There are two other World Majors held in the United States. Name the location of either one.
Where is Chicago or Boston?
This country focused on gathering resources, such as gold and silver, and enslaving and converting Indigenous people and had mostly negative interactions with them.
What is Spain?
This was the majority export being sent from Europe to Africa after 1492.
What is manufactured goods?
Which part of the world (Old/New) saw a drastic decline in population due to the spread of diseases and harsh treatment during the Columbian Exchange
What is the New World?
Smallpox
What is Old Wold?
The NYC Marathon is considered a World Major Marathon. There are four other World Majors held outside the United States. Name the location of any one.
Where are London, Tokyo, Berlin, or Sydney?