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Conqueror of the Inca
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
100
Direction in which he sailed to reach the Indies
What is west?
100
The most deadly disease for the Americans
What is smallpox
100
Portuguese explorer who claimed Brazil for his country in 1500
Who is Pedro Cabral?
100
Sea between Cuba and northern coast of South America (spelling counts!)
What is the Caribbean Sea?
200
Ruler of the Inca whose death from smallpox set off a civil war
Who is Huayna Capac?
200
This explorer proved Columbus right that it was possible to sail west to reach Asia
Who is Magellan?
200
Plant Europeans didn't like to eat but that led to population growth.
What is corn?
200
Name of Portuguese explorer who first reached India and the YEAR in which he arrived
Who is Vasco da Gama, 1498.
200
Language spoken by the Inca
What is Quechua
300
Percent of Native Americans still alive in 1600 compared with 1492.
What is 10%?
300
Name of the island that means "Little Spain"
What is Hispaniola?
300
Introduction of this plant in Europe can be partially credited with leading to industrialization
What is the potato?
300
Most important goal of the Portuguese and Spanish explorers
What is finding sea trade routes to Asia?
300
City established where the Aztecs saw the eagle on a cactus
What is Tenochtitlan?
400
Main reason Aztecs were weak before conquistadors arrived
What is rebellion due to harsh tribute and treatment?
400
Three animals that the Spanish brought to the Americas
What are cattle, swine, and horses?
400
Cultivation of this plant in western hemisphere led directly to enslavement of Africans
What is sugar?
400
The real name for the tribe of people Columbus called “Indians”
What is "Arawak"
400
Name of the language where we got “chocolate” and “tomato”
What is Nahuatl
500
What Americans lacked in their defense against the Europeans
What is immunity?
500
Names of the monarchs that sponsored his westward voyages
Who are Ferdinand and Magellan?
500
Names of two other plants involved in the Columbian Exchange
What is citrus, wheat, grapes, coffee, etc.
500
Document signed by Spain and Portugal that divided up new lands among them
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
500
Aztec agricultural system of strips of land watered by canals; built in Lake Texcoco
What are chinampas