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100
This man thought he had reached islands off of the coast of India.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100

These people were at the top of the social pyramid and were from Spain.

Who is penisulare

100

This helped the Spanish conquer Latin america more than anything.

What is smallpox

100

A shortage of cheap/free labor occurred when this group of people died in large numbers.

What is the Native Americans?

100

People of mixedd European and Indian ancestry

What is Mulatto?

200
North and South America are named after this explorer.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
200

The Aztec leader who was defeated by the Spanish

Who is Montezuma

200

This economic system provided the strong motivation to search for gold, leading to exploration.

What is MERCANTILISM?

200

The Columbian Exchange was more favorable for THIS "World."

What is the Old World?

200

Which was one of the first place that the Spanish landed in the Carribean. 

Dominican Republic

300
This explorer conquered the Aztec Empire.
Who is Hernando Cortes?
300

These professional soldiers from Spain subdued native peoples in the Americas.

Who are CONQUISTADORs?

(Daily Double)

300

The "three Gs"

What are GOD, GLORY, and GOLD?

300

The 3 reasons why Africans were the "logical" answer to the labor shortage in the New World.

What are: 1. Immune to many diseases. 2. Mostly experienced farmers. 3. Unfamiliar with area, so dependent on captors.

300

What was the largest impact of the Columbian Exchange 

What is the death of many natives

400
This explorer conquered the Incan Empire.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
400

The Spanish system that provided cheap labor (essentially slavery) in the New World by selling land along with the native people who lived on it.

What is ENCOMIENDA?

400

This is one of the reasons that the African Slave Trade began.

What is most of the native population died or the Spanish government banned the use of natives as slaves.

400

This women helped Cortez defeat the Aztecs and later became his wife.

Who is Dona Marina

400

This rumor is what led to the end of natives as slaves.

What is the Black Legend.

(Daily Double)

500

This journey of explorers were possible in the late 1400s because of what?

Support from the European government. 

500

The trading of goods between the new world and the old world. 

What is COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE?

500

This is the reason why the Portuguese language is spoken in Brazil today. 

What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?

500

A trade chain called THIS developed as a result of the Age of Exploration.

What is TRIANGULAR TRADE?

500

This was the reason explorers set sail from Europe.

What is to find a shorter route to Asia & India?