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Navigator from Genoa who wanted to reach the East Indies.
Christopher Columbus
The King and Queen of Spain funded Columbus' journey because....
Convert many to Christianity and increase authority.
This is the name of the Southern tip of Africa, despite its name it proved to be a difficult seafaring point.
Cape of Good Hope
The Spanish seized what nation, scaring many authorities of Japan.
The Phillipines
What sport has been played on the moon?
Golf
This company gained full sovereign powers that gave it the ability to build armies, wage war and negotiate peace treaties and govern overseas territories. Dominated India and its trade
Dutch East India Company
Where were the source of spices many empires sought after?
Moluccas
Dutch Farmers who settled in Cape Town. Would over time enslave many of the native population.
Boers
The Ming empire limited trade with Europe to where?
Macao
In what US state is it legal to hunt for Unicorns?
Michigan
Military leader who won control of the trading city of Kumasi. Unified the Asante Kingdom
Osei Tutu
The new world was named after who?
Amerigo Vespucci
The Pope created the Line of Demarcation to divide the world between what powers? Bonus points if you give the regions these powers gained.
Spain(most of the Americas) and Portugal (Brazil and Africa)
These northern invaders, took over China and created the Qing Dynasty.
Manchurians
What is on the top floor of the US Supreme Court building?
A basketball court
Indian Troops that were raised by trading companies
Sepoys
Where did Columbus first land in the Americas?
Carribbean.
This trade was the most profitable to come from the continent of Africa during this time.
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Many Asian cultures during this time became ________ with European traders due to lack of trust and fears of invasion.
Isolated
Where is the largest stadium in the world located? (country)
Narendra Modi Stadium in India for cricket
The Portuguese seized this island off the coast of India, making it their major military and commercial base
Goa
This explorer followed in Bartholomeu Dias footsteps and led 4 ships around the Cape of Good Hope. This journey would prove to be very proftiable for the explorer and his home nation.
Vasco Da Gama
Portugal only stayed on Africas coasts, why?
They did not know much of the interior of the continent and lacked the resources and accurate maps.
Jesuits sought to do what in East Asia?
Convert as many as possible
What animal has fingerprints?
Koalas