This Ming Dynasty man established trade relations with Africa and India. However, the Chinese shut trade down and focused on internal improvements.
Who is Zheng He (Cheng Ho)?
100
These two Spanish monarchs united the Castile and Aragon of Spain. This allowed them to explore and kick out the Moors (also known as the reconquista).
Who are Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain?
100
Oliver Cromwell brought ships of Irish women to the colonies. These ships were also called this.
What are Bride Ships?
100
This group of people came to Plymouth Rock on the Mayflower. They were separatists, meaning they wanted to separate from the Church of England
Who are the Pilgrims?
100
This act put tariffs on certain goods, mainly sugar, and benefited the West Indies
What is the Sugar Act of 1764?
200
This Gunpowder Empire, led by Mehmed II, took Constantinople and interrupted Byzantine-empire trade.
What is the Ottoman Turks?
200
This system gave Spanish explorers the right to tax and enslave Native American tribes.
What is the encomienda system?
200
A group of people wanting to share costs in exploring is known as this.
What is a Joint Stock Company?
200
This colony was a Catholic refuge founded by Lord Baltimore.
What is Maryland?
200
This was the first direct tax on the colonies. It required a British stamp of approval on most paper goods, such as playing cards, newspapers and legal papers. Parliament eventually repealed this act.
What is the Stamp Act of 1765?
300
This plague was caused by fleas biting rats, and then fleas biting humans. It decreased the population by 1/3.
What is the Black Plague?
300
This explorer conquered the Incas in Peru
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
300
This act gave Henry VIII the power over the newly established Anglican Church.
What is the Act of Supremacy?
300
This group of people established a colony at Massachusetts Bay, and were looking to reform the Church of England. They believed in predestination and the "City on a Hill" mentality.
Who are the Puritans?
300
This was an import tax on items like lead, paint glass, tea, etc. Most of these taxes were repealed by Lord North, except for the tax on tea.
What are the Townshend Duties?
400
This man sailed to the Cape of Good Hope for Portugal.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
400
This Italian explorer sailed to the new world on the Spaniard's bill.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
400
The War of the Roses was an English civil war between which two houses?
What are the House of Tudor and House of York?
400
This woman was kicked out of Massachusetts Bay Colony for teaching the Bible in her home. During her trial, she knew the Bible better than most of those trying her, but they pushed her until she got something wrong.
Who is Anne Hutchinson?
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY #2
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
500
Prince Henry commissioned an exploration to these islands; he established sugar plantations and a colony for Portugal there.
What is the Madeira Islands?
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY #1
Who is Atahuallpa?
500
This man introduced a milder strain of tobacco to the colonies. It became one of the colonies' most successful cash crops.
What is tobacco?
500
This previously Dutch settlement was given to James, Duke of York, the brother of Charles II.
What is New York?
500
This group of acts included the Boston Port Act and the Quartering Act. The Boston Port Act closed the port of Boston, and the Quartering Act allowed British soldiers to stay in a colonist's house.