Mesoamerica
Spanish Conquest
Age of Exploration
Virginia
Pot Pourri
100

Which civilization had their capital in current day Mexico?

The Aztec Empire

100

What term is used for a brutal Spanish explorer and treasure hunter?

A Conquistador 

100

Who sailed the ocean blue in 14 hundred and 92?

Christopher Columbus

100

Which friend of Queen Elizabeth I had no success in Roanoke?

Sir Walter Raleigh

100

What English person worked for the Netherlands and sailed up a river named for him?

Henry Hudson

200

Which civilization used terrace farming due to the mountains?

The Incan Empire

200

What three things Conquistadors were trying to achieve?

God, Gold, Glory

200

What route were many explorers trying to find?

The North West Passage 

200

Which document listed the instructions for the Jamestown colony?

A charter

200

This addictive substance saved the colony of Jamestown

Tobacco

300

Which civilization created the 365 day calendar?

The Mayans

300

Pizarro conquered the Incan Empire which is in this in what countries?

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru

300

What two continents were named for this explorer who gained the interest of a German mapmaker?

Amerigo Vespucci 

300

What monarch is Jamestown named after?

King James I

300

What system allowed poorer English people signed contracts to be slaves for years in order to get free passage to Virginia?

Indentured Servants

400

Which civilization built 10-20,000 miles of road?

The Incan Empire

400

What year did the Spanish take over the Aztec Empire?

1519

400

This individual discovered new found land in present day Canada?

John Cabot

400

What was the founding year of the Jamestown Colony

1607

400

What system has the colonies provide raw materials and gain finished goods?

Mercantilism 

500

Which mesoamerican rulers believed they came from the sun?

The rulers of the Aztecs and Inca Empire

500

What amount of treasure did conquistadors get to keep?

1/5

500

Which explorer FIRST navigated the St. Lawrence River?

Jacques Cartier

500

Which Native American group lived in the Jamestown area?

The Powhatan 

500

What spice was worth more than gold in the early 1600s?

Black peppercorn