Native American Groups
European Exploration
The Conquistadors
Columbian Exhange
Atlantic Slave Trade
Random Trivia
100

What type of kindship is passed through the mother's line?

Matrilineal kinship

100

What did Amerigo Vespucci accomplish?

Wrote a popular book about his travels

Made maps for European exploration

North and South America were named for him

100

Who discovered the Incan highway that led to the great city of Cusco?

- Cortez

- Pizzaro

- De Soto

- da Gama

Hernando de Soto

100

What was the Columbian Exchange?

A widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, disease, and ideas between the two hemispheres (Old World and New World).

100

True or False: When Portugal arrived in Africa they found a non-existant slave trade

False! There was a very active slave trade in Africa, just not with Europeans 

100

How many noses does a slug have?

4

200

Desrcibe the tribes of the Great Basin

Located between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada

Nomadic, desert culture

Lived peacefully and shared territories

200

What time period did Vespucci help inspire? (The Age of...)

The Age of Exploration

200

What did Cortez accomplish?

Conquered the Aztec

200

Name 5 goods that were from the NEW WORLD (Answers will vary)

Pumpkin, turkey, avocado, pineapple, peanuts, corn, tomato, vanilla, sweet potato, chocolate, chili peppers, beans, tobacco

200

True or False: Most of the Africans that went to the American colonies during the 17th century were take on Dutch ships

True! The Dutch became masters at slave trade shipping 

200

What is the name for a group of crows?

A murder

300

Why do people say that the Iroquois Confederacy was similiar to a longhouse?

Longhouses held multiple families and the Iroquois Confederacy was made up by 6 tribes or "families"

300

Which explorer for looking for the mythical "Fountain of Youth"?

Juan Ponce de Leon

300

Who conquered the Incas?

- Cortez

- Pizzaro

- De Soto

- da Gama

Francisco Pizzaro

300

Name 5 goods from the OLD WORLD (Answers will vary)

Apples, bananas, coffee, oranges, grapes, olives, sugar, honey, cows, pigs, wheat, onions, olives, rice, smallpox, malaria

300

Why did it take Engald a long time to become fully involved in the Atlantic Slave Trade?

There was political instability and England wanted to wait until they had defeated the Spanish Armada

300

What animal cannot jump?

Elephants
400

Desrcribe the Southeastern Indigenous Tribes

Structured governments with tribes broken into clans

Lived in permanent homes

Hunters and farmers

400

Which explorer established forts from the Great Lakes down the Mississippi River?

Robert de La Salle

400

Who was the first governor of New Spain?

- Cortez

- Pizzaro

- De Soto

- da Gama

Cortez

400

What types of goods from Asia were Europeans addicted to?

Spices, silk, and porcelain 

400

Why was Spain now allowed to colonize Africa?

They had already colonized much of the New World and it would not have been "fair" to other European countries if they got land in Africa as well

400

If you drop a piece of bread butter-side down, what should you blame?

Gravity

500

Who were the earliest known inhabitants of the eastern woodlands and were known for building massive earthwork mounds?

The Adena and the Hopewell

500

Who was Henry Hundson (aka what country did he sail for) and what did he accomplish for this country?

He claimed the Hudson Bay and the Hudson region of NY for the Dutch

500

First European to sail around South Africa to Asia?

- Cortez

- Pizzaro

- De Soto

- da Gama

da Gama

500

Did crops from the Old World thrive or struggle in the New World?

Thrived!

500

What word means "for one person or company to have complete control over an industry"?

Monopoly!

500
What has a head and a tail but no body?

A coin!