Geography
This empire located in central Mexico
Aztecs
These monarchs paid for the voyages that accidently discovered the New World after kicking Muslims out of Iberia (Spain and Portugal)
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
These were one of the two main groups to settle New England. They hoped to purify the Church in their own image
Puritans
This was the primary cash crop of Jamestown, Virginia
Sweet Leaf Tobacco
This writer discussed how he was sure that all Native Americans showed hints of devil worship, due to having good hunting skills and eyesight.
Thomas Morton
This empire was located on the Yucatan Peninsula, maybe you have visited it on a cruise?
Maya
This conquistador was the Spaniard who some Aztecs confused as a god.
Hernan Cortes
This group of settlers in New England completely rejected the Church of England and came here to escape it. They are not true Puritans
Pilgrims
What is the name of the route that brought slaves to the New World to make them work on cash crop plantations
The Middle Passage
This slave wrote about his journey on the Middle Passage, describing in details great horrors suffered by the humans forced onto those ships
Olaudah Equiano
This empire was located in the Andean Mountains in South America
Inca
He was the Inca who wrote about the devilish ways of the Spaniards in the Andean Mountains
Titu Cusi Yupanqui
D'Iberville and Bienville helped expand this country's territory all the way to Biloxi, Mobile, and New Orleans - think about the names
France
People growing tobacco were usually this type of laborer in English colonies, such as Barbados and Jamestown
Indentured Servants
This group of Native Americans wrote about how the Spaniards attended a party before betraying them and slaughtering their musicians.
Aztecs
This is the super long island in the Caribbean, about 75 miles from Florida
Cuba
He was the conquistador who defeated the Inca, ransoming their emperor twice.
Francisco Pizarro
These Europeans learned how to vertically integrate slavery into a capitalist market
The Dutch or the Netherlands
What was the primary cash crop of places such as Haiti, Barbados (eventually), Cuba, and Brazil
Sugar
He wrote about how ignorant he thought Native Americans were and how easy it would be to enslave them.
Christopher Columbus
This island consists of Haiti and Dominican Republic, today
Hispaniola
This was the priest who wrote against the horrors of the conquistadors, trying to convince them to end the encomienda system
Bartolome de las Casas
These guys colonized Mexico, Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico
Spain
Name one of the two metals Columbus hoped to make Native Americans harvest in the Caribbean
Gold or Silver
This writing convinced Spaniards to abandon the enslavement of Native Americans, unfortunately they switched to African slaves.
Black Legend