Conquest

Across the Atlantic
Legendary Leaders
13 Colonies
Absolutism
100

This conquistador deployed a sneak attack against Atahualpa at Cajamarca in 1532.

Who is Francisco Pizzaro?

100

The trading of ideas, crops, and animals from European and Asia to the Americas and vice versa. 

What is the Columbian Exchange?

100

Known for his good and bad times, this "terrible" Russian leader consolidated power before ultimately killing his son

Who is Ivan the Terrible?

100

The Calvert family sought to create a safe political and religious haven for persecuted Catholics in this colony which then opened itself to "tolerate" all Christian denominations but failed to protect the rights of non-Christians.

What is Maryland?

100

Absolute monarchs used this doctrine to solidify their positions of authority as being accountable only to God.

What is "Divine Right"?

200

This internal factor between Atahualpa and Huascar left the Incan Empire vulnerable to Spanish Conquistadors

What is civil war?

200

This horrific route of Triangular Trade saw enslaved Africans stuffed into overcrowded cargo holds with rampant disease and high mortality.

What is the Middle Passage?

200

This "Great" guy was focused on modernizing Russia with European customs through his "window to the west"

Who is Peter the Great?

200

John Rolfe imported the seeds of this crop that thrived in the Virginia climate, securing the long-term financial solvency of Jamestonw.

What is tobacco?

200

The influx of American silver caused domestic economic instability within Spain and resulted in this as an overabundance of silver stripped the metal of its value.

What is inflation?

300

This conquistador used relationships between enemies of the Aztecs to overthrow Montezuma II in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. 

Who is Hernan Cortes?

300

The introduction of Old World cash crops like sugar cane altered the trajectory of these systems in the Americas that depended on forced labor.

What are plantations?

300

This colonial leader famously saved the Jamestown colony from starvation by implementing the rule "He that shall not work, shall not eat."

Who is John Smith?

300

James Olgethorpe's experiment in this "buffer" state eventually failed when economic pressure to compete in global cash crop market forced the removal of the slavery ban.

What is Georgia?

300

King Louis XIV would often leverage his personal court and image to use fashion, performance, and cultural status to show his supremacy at this famous building 14 miles outside of Paris.

What is the Palace at Versailles?

400

This disease was instrumental in decimating indigenous populations, making it much easier for the conquistadors to win with smaller forces.

What is smallpox?

400

These animals were not indigenous to the Americas, but their introductions facilitated the conquest of the conquistadors and modified how indigenous groups settled their homelands. 

What are horses?

400
This absolute monarch centralized power by curbing the nobility and limited the forced labor demands on peasants despite a controversial succession to the throne.

Who is Maria Theresa?

400

Pilgrims accidentally arriving outside of their official charter's jurisdiction led to the creation of this document which established the principle of consent of the governed through majority rule.

What is the Mayflower Compact?

400

The War of Austrian Succession to invade Silesia was launched by this Prussian ruler in 1740.

Who was Frederick the Great?

500

This long-term cultural consequence of Spain's actions resulted in the melting down of priceless Incan artwork, erasing irreplaceable history.

What was Atahualpa's ransom?

500

These were mainly exchanged from Europe to African for African captives who were eventually shipped to American plantations.

What are manufactured good?

500

Considered one of the most influential monarchs of all time, the "Sun King" made his country one of richest and most powerful during his rule.

Who is Louis XIV?

500

This colonial document served as the first written American constitution, limiting executive power through clear term limits.

What are the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

500

Tens of thousands of serfs died from disease and exhausting labor when draining a desolate swamp to rapidly construct this new Russian capital to open a "window to the west". 

What is St. Petersburg?