Age of Exploration Jeopardy

Lesson 1

100

This is an instrument that helps determine the direction in which one is sailing

Compass

200

These were soldier-explorers who were sent from Spain to the Americas

Conquistadors

300

This person was a Greek geographer

Ptolemy

400

This person was an Arab geographer

al-Idrisi

500

3 Part: This treaty divided South America between these two countries

The Treaty of Tordesillas; Spain and Portugal

Lesson 2

100

This person was the Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztec

Hernan Cortes

200

This was a powerful Native American empire that was located in what is now called Mexico

Aztec

300

This man was a Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca in South America

Francisco Pizarro 

400

This man was the ruler of the Inca who fought against Francisco Pizarro

Atahualpa 

500

This was the name of the god that Montezuma mistook Hernan Cortes for 

Quetzalcoatl

Lesson 3

100

This is a system for making goods in workers' homes

Cottage Industry

200

This is the the name of a businessperson who invests in a project

Entrepreneur 

300

This country settled in North America to take part in the fur trade

France

400

These people were first Europeans to settle the region that is a part of present-day New York City 

The Dutch

500

This was the first cash crop of the English settlements

Tobacco

Random

100

This word means 'to go completely around something, such as the world' 

Circumnavigate

200

This was a large estate or farm that used enslaved people or hired workers 

Plantation

300

These were Catholic missionaries who taught Christianity to Native Americans

Jesuits

400

this man was an Englishman who explored the North American coasts of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in search of a waterway to Asia

John Cabot

500

This was the main motive behind the expeditions at the beginning of the Age of Exploration

A search for new routes to Asia

Random

100

The French were interested in setting up these kinds of trading posts in North America

Fur

200

These Native Americans ruled an empire in Peru

Inca

300

Spanish conquistadors explored as far north as this present day state in the United States

California 

400

This killed more Aztec people than Spanish weapons did 

Diseases/Germs

500

This invention made accurate maps readily available to sailors and explorers

The printing press