Ottoman Turks
City that had been the Christian capital of Eastern Europe but was conquered by the Ottoman Turks.
Where is Constantinople?
His 1497 voyage to the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is the earliest-known European exploration of coastal North America since the Norse visits to Vinland in the eleventh century.
Who was John Cabot?
Italian explorer whose discovery of the Bahamas was commissioned by the Queen of Spain.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
The top crop brought from the Old World to the New World.
What is wheat?
Indigenous people dominant in Mexico prior to the Spanish conquest of the 16th Century.
Who were the Aztecs?
Constantinople was changed to this name.
Where is Istanbul?
A Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who traveled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295.
Who was Marco Polo?
The Spanish Conquistador who led the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire.
Who was Hernan Cortes?
DAILY DOUBLE!! The top crop for animals brought from the New World to the Old World.
What is corn?
The native American civilization that reached the peak of its power and influence around the sixth century A.D. and built pyramids on the Yucatan Peninsula of what is modern day Mexico.
Who were the Mayans?
DAILY TRIPLE !!! Controlling Constantinople / Istanbul means controlling trade in and out of this sea.
What is the Black Sea?
An English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the northeastern United States.
Who was Henry Hudson?
Italian explorer that sailed for the Republic of Florence and of whom the Americas were named.
Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
The most destructive crop brought from the New World to the Old World.
What is tobacco?
The native American civilization that lived in the Andes region during the 12th century A.D. and gradually built a massive kingdom through the military strength of their emperors.
Who were the Incas?
The result to European leaders of Muslim control of Istanbul and the Black Sea.
What is a direct water trade route to India?
An English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer. One of the most notable figures of the Elizabethan era, he played a leading part in English colonization.
Who was Sir Walter Raleigh?
DAILY QUADRUPLE!!!! Germs from these animals ended up wiping out a large percentage of the native American population. (generic term)
What were domestic European animals?
The top crop for people brought from the New World to the Old World.
What are potatoes?
A person of mixed race most particularly one of Spanish and indigenous American descent.
Who is a Mestizo?
Portuguese explorer that first found the direct water route to India found the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.
Who was Bartolomeu Dias?
A Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea.
Who was Vasco de Gama?
The mountain in the Americas (Bolivia) that launched the world's first silver currency.
What was Mount Potosi?
The 5 Old World animals that revolutionized the New World.
What are pigs, horses, cattle, chicken and sheep?
Located at the site of modern Mexico City, it was founded c. 1325 in the marshes of Lake Texcoco.
What was Tenochtitlán?