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Columbian Exchange
Random Knowledge
100

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

100

What were the three goals that explorers tried to accomplish when setting out to explore? This was also known as the "3 G's"

What is God, Gold, and Glory?

100

Explain two negative effects of the Columbian Exchange.

What is... 1. Use of African slaves 2. Spread of Diseases to the New World.

100

What percent of Native Americans were killed by disease

What is 90%

200

This Explorer has a river in New York State named after him. 

Who is Henry Hudson?

200

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?

200

Explain two positive effects of the Columbian Exchange on the entire world.

What is.....New ideas being shared and new products being exchanged between various parts of the world, etc.

200

What continents make up the New World?

What is North and South America?

300

Name 2 pieces of equipment used by explorers during the Age of Exploration

What are the Compass, Astrolabe, Caravel, and Gun Powder?

300

The Day Month and Year Columbus Landed in the Americas

What is October 12th, 1492?

300

3 products that came from the New World

What is beans, Cacao, Maize, Peanuts, Pineapples, Potatoes, Pumpkins, Squash, Sweet Potatoes, Tobacco, Tomatoes, Turkey?

300

What continents make up the Old World?

What are Europe, Africa, and Asia?

400

The Spanish names of Columbus's Ships? 

What are the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria? 

400

3 products that came From The Old World

What are Bananas, Cattle, Chicken, Citrus Fruit, Coffee Beans, Grapes, Horses, Onions, Peaches, Pigs, Rice, Sugarcane, and Wheat? 

400
This Empire was the first to establish colonies in the New World 

What is Spain?

500
The first European to sail around the tip of Africa, Dias opened the doors for seafaring trade with India.
What is Bartolomeu Dias
500

The Spanish implemented this social hierarchy system with Peninsulares, Creoles, Mulattos and Mestizos, and African and Native American slaves

What is the Encomienda System? 

500

The name for the transportation of African Slaves across the Atlantic

What is the Middle Passage? 

500

What is a biological commodity?

What is a natural product or living resource that traded to make?