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Who is "America" named after?
Amerigo Vespucci
Which religion dominated Europe during the Late Middle Ages?
Christianity
Who were first enslaved in the Americas?
Native Americans
Which came first, racism or slavery?
Slavery
Who conquered the Aztecs in Mexico?
Hernan Cortes
Hundreds of years of war between Christians and Muslims.
The Crusades
How long has slavery existed in the world?
Thousands of years, ~ 4,000 BCE
Where did "Latin America" get its name?
Latin was spoken in the Christian churches
Despite landing in the Caribbean, what continent did Columbus claim he reached?
Asia
The belief that European Christians must reconquer the Holy Land and convert others to Christianity.
Reconquista
40-50% of African slaves went to which Portuguese colony?
Brazil
Who drew the 1493 line of demarcation that divided the Americas between Spain and Portugal?
The Pope
Leif Eriksson
The period of scientific, artistic, and literary growth in Europe in the Late Middle Ages.
The Renaissance
Who is the priest that suggested using Africans as slaves in the Americas?
Bartolome de Las Casas
What was the name of the exchange of goods, food, people, culture, and disease between the Americas and the "Old World"?
Triangle Trade / The Columbian Exchange