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Religions like those practiced in the Americas by Natives & the Aztec or Inca.
The Spanish Centuries long conflict to remove the Muslims.
What is the Reconquista?
He sailed the ocean blue in 1492.
Who is Columbus?
Important military technology aiding in combat
What is Gunpowder?
Dangerous conditions on cash crops, need of a labor force, and racial inferiority aid the establishment of this institution.
What is Slavery?
This Explorer's Crew was the first to ever circumnavigate the globe. He almost certainly would've joined them but his trip and life were ended by Natives in the modern day Philippines.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Byproducts of trade between Old and New Worlds: Whooping Cough, Smallpox, & Syphilis.
What are Diseases?
A few references have been made to the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge linking Staten Island and Brooklyn, NY. However his journey did not end in NY, and his travels up the east coast led to another waterway where a second bridge is named in his honor (The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge) which spans a historic waterway in this New England State.
What is Rhode Island (Narraganset Bay)?
Sugarcane, tobacco, & eventually cotton.
What are cash crops?
The Spanish became disturbed at the Aztecs during a religious ceremony which featured this Aztec custom.
What is Human Sacrifice?
This man came across a massive lake and thought, I'm gonna name this after myself!!
Who is Champlain?
What are Canals?
Countries such as Portugal looked for sea trade routes to avoid the influence of this world empire.
Who are the Ottomans?
This French Monarch invested in the arts, even employing some of the greatest minds of the time.
Who is Francis I?
The city of Tenochtitlan now rests in the center of this modern day North American city.
What is Mexico City?
The system in which goods were swapped between the Old World and the New World.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
In 1624, the Dutch established a colony in America, only to have it taken by the English in 1664 becoming known as this..
What is New York?
The European royal known for his involvement in the early African slave trade.
Who is Henry the Navigator?
A device using the stars to gauge latitude, aiding in open sea navigation.
What is an astrolabe?
The Dutch East India Company became one of the first of these types of businesses, in which shareholders can buy and sell ownership "shares" in a company.
What are Joint Stock Companies?
The namesake of the colony of Virgnia, otherwise known as "The Maiden Queen"
Who is Elizabeth?
What is Brazil?
The term used to describe the method of farming used by the Inca in the Andes Mountains.
What is Terrace Farming?
The Capture of the Sapa Inca occurred in this Peruvian city.
What is Cajamarca?
The first European to sail around Africa to Asia.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
Light fast ships used for longer voyages.
What are caravels?
The primary industry of the New France Colony.
What is Fur Trade?
This Italian born explorer reached Newfoundland centuries after the Vikings were the first Europeans to arrive in the eastern part of modern day Canada.
Who is John Cabot?
The system in which goods were not only swapped between the Old World and the New World, but also included another region of the world and its resources.
What is Triangle Trade?
System in which wealth is measured by accumulating gold and silver.
What is mercantilism?
The failed 16th Century colony of Roanoke took place on islands part of this US State?
What is North Carolina?
This Italian born explorer played a crucial role in mapping the East Coast of the US, and was the first to discover NY Harbor.
Who is Verrazzano?
The device on ships that improved steering and maneuverability of large ships.
What is the sternpost rudder?
Empires that looked to control of key coastal ports and choke points instead of entire regions.
What are Trading Post Empires?
The Sapa Inca captured by the Spanish and eventually strangled after converting to Catholicism.
Who is Atahualpa?
The English Noble who aided in the establishment of the Roanoke Colony.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?