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Name the explorer that sailed into the Bahama Islands in 1492 on three ships while thinking he landed on the shores of the country of India.

What is Christopher Columbus

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What wast the period of time called that officially began in the early 15th century and lasted until the 17th century. This period is thought of as a time when Europeans began exploring the world by sea in search of trading partners, new goods, and new trade routes. In addition, some explorers set sail to simply learn more about the world.
What is The Age of Exploration or known as The Age of Discovery.
100

During the 1400s, how did many averaage Europeans view the world as being?

What is flat

100

Identify something that was discovered in the Americas and exported to the “Old World”.

What is (answers will vary)

100

The language that modern Brazil predominantly uses.

What is...Portuguese?

200
A Portuguese navigator, he commanded an expedition that was the first to travel across the world (1480-1521)
What is Ferdinand Magellan
200

The name of the country just northwest of Spain

What is France?

200

The Spanish motivation for conquering the Americas

What is .... 1. Glory (Fame and developing strong reputation) 2 Gold (trade routes to Asia and to become wealthy) 3. God (to spread Christianity)

200

List two things that were introduced from Europe into the "New World".

What is (answers will vary)

200

Name the ocean to the west of the Americas and the ocean east of the Americas

What is.. the Pacific and the Atlantic?

300

a Portuguese explorer, soldier and prince. Although he rarely participated in explorations, he sent many expeditions from Portugal to the west coast of Africa, and was responsible for Portugal’s influence in the Great Age of Exploration. His school of navigation resulted in a breakthrough for Portuguese navigation.

What is Prince Henry (Henry the Navigator)

300

The Island country just northwest of mainland Europe.

What is England?

300
Why did Columbus call the people he had encountered Indians?
What is he thought he reached the East Indies (India area)
300

What did the Portuguese discover while claiming territory on the coasts of Africa?

What is the slave trade?

300
What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?
What is divided the land in the western hemisphere between Spain and Portugal
400
Who was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India? His success in doing so proved to be one of the more instrumental moments in the history of navigation. He subsequently made two other voyages to India, and was appointed as Portuguese viceroy in India in 1524.
What is Vasco da Gama
400

a Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Inca empire and killed Atahaulpa for the crown of Spain.

Who is Francisco Pizarro?

400

The location that Columbus discovered on his first voyage

What is the Caribbeans?
400

What domesticated animal was available to the Inca?

What is the Llama?

400

Name for "middle America" or the region of the Americas where the Aztec were located.

What is Mesoamerica?
500

Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire

Who is Hernan Cortez?

500
Explain two negative effects of the Columbian Exchange.
What is... 1. Use of African slaves 2. Spread of Diseases to the New World.
500

The Spanish attacked Atahualpa and his entourage, murdering many and capturing Atahualpa, because the Inca leader allegedly did what?

What is threw the Bible on the ground?

500

Explain a positive effect and a negative effect of the Columbian Exchange on the entire world.

What is.....New ideas and products being exchanged between various parts of the world, etc. & Disease devastating native populations in the Americas.

500

Why would certain Native American groups (like the Mayans) would help Hernando Cortes?

What is....most other Native American tribes disliked the Aztecs due to conflicts and human sacrifice