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100
This explorer was the first to reach the Pacific ocean.
who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
100
Name one crop/plant that Europe brought to the New World
peach, orange, grape, melon, banana, rice, onion, radish
100
Name one disease from Europe to America
any of these is correct: influenza, measles, chicken pox malaria, diphtheria, small pox, typhus
100
What is New World?
Americas
100
This group of people lived in the Andes mountains region of South America.
Who are the Incans?
200
Started the columbian exchange in 1492.
Who is Columbus?
200
Cultivation of ( ) created the major demand for slavery throughout plantation economy.
Sugar
200
( ) had little immunity to European diseases.
Native Americans
200
What is Old World?
Europe
200
This civilization had an emperor and had a capital city of Tenochtitlan?
Who are the Aztecs?
300
This explorer was the first European to reach La Florida.
Who is Ponce de Leon?
300
This is from Europe that allowed Americas to feed themselves and export large amounts.
Wheat
300
This disease killed much of the Inca population.
What is smallpox?
300
What was the main export of Africa?
Slaves
300
This civilzation developed a 365-day calendar
Who are the Mayans?
400
This explorer led the first journey that eventually circumnavigated the globe.
Ferdinand Magellan
400
Name one plant that eventually changed the European diet.
potato, maize, beans, peanuts, pumpkin, pineapple, sweet potato
400
What is Columbian Exchange?
the massive exchange of agricultural goods, animals, slave labor, communicable diseases, and ideas between New and Old World
400
The Mayans lived here.
Where is the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico?
500
This was the first explorer to reach India by sea.
Who is Vasco de Gama?
500
Which 2 crops became a major staple in European farming?
Maize and Potato!
500
Why did Native Americans lack immunity?
Native Americans were more susceptible to diseases than Europeans because of no earlier exposure.
500
When did the Columbian Exchange start?
1492
500
This group practiced human practice and once sacrificed over 84,000 in a 4 day period.
Who are the Aztecs?