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100
This Viking boat had an advantage over earlier vessels because of its stability.
What is a longship?
100
He was the first European to discover a sea route to Asia.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
100
Columbus's travels to the Americas created conflict between these two countries.
What are Portugal and Spain?
100
This was a small colony on the Saint Lawrence River that opened trading routes for the French.
What is Quebec?
100
Approximately 7.6 million of these people were brought to the Americas between 1493 and 1810.
Who are slaves?
200
This moved the Line of Demarcation 800 miles further west.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
200
He helped Portugal become a leader in world exploration
Who is Henry the Navigator?
200
Plants and animals were transferred among Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas describes this exchange.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
200
This was the conquistadors' biggest advantage in defeating the Aztec and the Inca.
What is steel armor and weapons?
200
This was the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean that enslaved Africans were forced to endure.
What is the Middle Passage?
300
These people died as a result of exposure to new diseases brought by European explorers.
Who are Native Americans?
300
He was the New Netherland governor who conquered New Sweden in 1655.
Who is Peter Stuyvesant?
300
King Philip II lead this country during the Catholic Reformation.
What is Spain?
300
This was the Indian woman who helped defeat the Aztec.
Who is Malintzin?
300
This was the scattering of millions of enslaved Africans across the New World.
What is the African Diaspora?
400
This aided explorers in finding new continents by allowing ship navigators to check location by charting the position of the stars.
What is an astrolabe?
400
He publicly criticized the Roman Catholic Church with his ninety-five theses
Who is Martin Luther?
400
His crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
400
Pueblo settlements in this Spanish Viceroyalty served as trading posts for commerce and sometimes as centers of government.
What is New Spain?
400
Enslaved Africans tried to cope with life in the Americas by seeking refuge in their families, religion, art, dance, and these songs.
What are spirituals?
500
This was a special type of ship invented by the Portuguese that featured important advances in sailing technology
What is a caravel?
500
Jacques Cartier claimed land for this country during his two trips to Canada in 1534 and 1535.
What is France?
500
This was a large farm that grew just one kind of crop and made enormous profits for their owners.
What is a plantation?
500
This Spanish conquistador led the destruction of the Aztec Empire.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
500
Colonists in need of cheap labor turned to slaves from this region because they had already built up immunity to European diseases.
What is West Africa?