The Spanish term for a fleet of warships
Armada
When goods, technology, and ideas were spread between Europe/Asia/Africa and the Americas?
Columbia Exchange
in 1588 which country defeated the spanish Armada?
England
What was the name of the first permanent British settlement?
Jamestown
What was the name of the first legislature?
The house of burgess
Puritans were seperatists who wanted to....
Set up their own churches and leave England
The Puritans mainly settled in which part of North America?
New England
The Colony of Pennsylvania was started as a colony for religious tolerance by…
Quakers
One thing that made the Middle Colonies different from New England and the Southern Colonies is that they tended to be more…
Diverse
The rebellion in Virginia that caused Southern colonies to switch from indentured servants to slave labor was called what?
Bacon's Rebellion
The study of the material remains of ancient peoples is called?
Archaeology
What plant was domesticated in Mexico about 10,000 years ago?
Maize
A society ruled by religious leaders is called?
Theocracy
Which of the following indigenous civilization was based in what is now Peru?
Incas
A government that links and unites different groups is called a?
Federation
The period of time, in Europe, from 1400’s-1600’s, that saw a rebirth of intellectual and artistic creativity is known as?
Renaissance
This technology helped Europeans navigate better and led to the Age of Exploration?
The compass and astrolobe
This was a very wealthy empire in West Africa between 1250-1500 AD.
Mali
Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the New World was funded by which country?
Spain
Spanish explorers who conquered parts of the New World through military force were known as?
Conquistadors
What was one thing that the conquistadors brought with them which killed off many of the indigenous communities?
The introduction of diseases from Europe
Which two countries in the mid 1400s searched for a sea routes to Asia?
Spain and Portugal
This was a system which the Spanish developed in order to help raise crops
Plantation System
What passage did explorers try to find that they hoped would go directly through the Americas?
Northwest Passage
What expedition did the Europeans go on in 1095 in order to recapture the holy Christian sites in the Middle East from Muslims?
Crusades