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Best Guess
100
Christopher Columbus set up this colony for Spain
What is Hispanola
100
An unintentional traded item on the Columbian Exchange
What is disease
100
Columbus thought he was in the Indes because to his knowledge this didn't exist.
What is The Americas
100
This false statement has been repeated in classrooms for centuries
What is "Columbus discovered America."
100
Goods valued by the Europeans came from here.
What is The Indes
200
The lines on the globe that measure east and west
What is longitude
200
This grain, the basic ingredient in bread, had never seen American soil before the 15th century.
What is wheat
200
This explorer finished the journey around the Globe for Magellan.
Who is Del Cano.
200
This explorer sailed up the east coast of North America and even got a NY bridge named after him.
Who is Verrazano.
200
The Indes consisted of these three major modern countries back in Columbus's Day
What is China, Japan, India
300
Lines of Latitude measure this.
What is north and south
300
This person's voyage in 1492 was a turning point for the Americas
Who is Christopher Columbus
300
This explorer concentrated on North America and present day Canada.
Who is John Cabot
300
This explore sailed into Canada and managed to find an entire bay that now bears his name.
Who is Henry Hudson?
300
This empire controlled goods coming east into Europe from this city in what is now modern Italy
Who are the Venetians?
400
Columbus did not think the world was this, despite the rumors
What is flat
400
Italian spaghetti sauce would not exist had it not been for this item brought to Europe from the Americas.
What is the Tomato
400
An explorer who sailed around South America and has the straits in that area named for him
Who is Magellan
400
In the 15th century, no one was sure how far south this continent went.
What is Africa
400
The real reason why the Spanish were able to take over the Americas.
What is disease (smallpox, diphtheria)
500
It means to go around the globe.
What is circumnavigate
500
They closed the land and sea routes of the Silk Road.
What is The Arabs
500
Where Magellan ended his sailing career (and his life, BTW).
What is the Philippines
500
This plant found in the New World could cure Malaria which helped the old world move into Africa.
What is quinine
500
The explorer was looking for a short cut, but had to sail all the way around Africa (not so short)
Who is Vasco da Gama