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The New World
100

Sailed the ocean blue in 1492, and thought he landed in India. 

Who is Christopher Columbus?

100
Acquired new colonies like Cuba, Santo Domingo, New Granada, and Rio de la Plata?
What is Spain?
100

Magnetic device that points North. 

What is a compass?

100

Trade of flora, fauna, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds. 

What is the Columbian Exchange?

100

Main agricultural commodity of Brazil and the Caribbean. 

What is sugar?

200
A Portuguese mariner whose ship was the first to circumnavigate the globe. 
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
200
Country that signed the Treaty of Tordesillas with Spain.
What is Portugal?
200

An incomplete one in Ptolemy's "Geography" may have inspired European explorers. 

What is a map?

200

The three "G"s of exploration. 

What is Gold, God, and Glory?

200

Native empire in Peru, famous for Machu Picchu and Cuzco.  

What is the Inca empire?

300
A Portuguese sailor that rounded Africa and landed in India. 
Who is Vasco da Gama?
300
John Cabot claimed Newfoundland for this country. 
What is England?
300

An ancient Greek navigation tool perfected by Muslims that uses celestial bodies to determine position. 

What is an astrolabe?

300

A mythical African king that brought Christianity to Africa. 

Who is Prester John?

300

The name for Spanish and Portuguese immigrants to the New World that were born in Europe. 

What are peninsulares?

400
A Florentine explorer who claimed that the New World was not Asia, so it was named after him.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
400
Country that sold Manhattan to the English. 
What is the Netherlands?
400

Type of small, maneuverable ship first used by the Portuguese. 

What is a caravel?

400

Addressed the issue of race in "Othello" and "The Tempest". 

Who is Billy Shakes?

400

Name for the often treacherous and deadly portion of travel between Africa and the Americas.  

What is the Middle Passage?

500
A Spanish explorer that named Florida and searched for the Fountain of Youth. 
Who is Ponce de Leon?
500
Country that established Fort Christina on the Delaware river before it was given to New Netherlands.
What is Sweden?
500

A type of sail that allowed Europeans to go against the wind. 

What is a lateen sail?

500

Frenchman who popularized the essay form and wrote "Of Cannibals". 

Who is Michel de Montaigne?

500

Silver mine in Bolivia that gave Spain a vast amount of wealth. 

What is Potosi?