Explorers
Places
Columbian Exchange
Mercantilism
100

In 1492, this explorer sailed the ocean blue and found ... the Caribbean.  

Who is Christopher Columbus?

100

This U.S. state is named after a French king.

What is Louisiana?

100

These caused many native populations to die in large numbers after European explorers began coming to the Americas.  

What are diseases?

100

The trade routes between England, Africa, and the Americas form this shape.  

What is a triangle?

200

Explorer whose crew was the first to make it around the world without him.

Who is Ferdinand Magellan?

200

North and South America are named after this explorer.

Amerigo Vespucci.

200

Countries were motivated to explore by these 3 "G's."

What are gold, glory, and God.

200

Triangle trade caused significant population decline on this continent.  

What is Africa?

300

This explorer was from China who visited over 30 Asian and African regions.

Who is Zheng He?

300

This European country was the first to have settlers in the Americas.

What is Spain?
300

Cows, pigs, and sheep were all originally from this side of the exchange.  

What is the "Old World?"

300

Under this economic system, the goal was to get as much of this as possible.  

What is gold or silver?

400

This French explorer claimed present-day Canada for France.  

Who is Jacques Cartier?

400

This country gained wealth from controlling the trade routes along Africa and India, rather than colonizing them.

What is Portugal?

400
The introduction of this animal to the Americas provided a new source of labor and transportation.

What is the horse?

400
Under mercantilism and triangle trade, this country became very wealthy.

What is England?

500

This was the first explorer to round the Cape of Good Hope in Africa and sail on to India.  

Who is Vasco da Gama?

500

Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec empire in this country.  

What is Mexico?

500

This introduction of this vegetable helped the population of China grow.

What is corn?

500

When other countries did not want to trade, these were the solution.

What are colonies?