Maps & Stuff
Sailing West
Risky Business
Treaties and Territories
Random (but important) Facts
100

This map projection was created in 1569 CE and heavily distorts both size and shape of continents.

Mercator

100
Since 1453 CE, the Ottomans blocked this route, leading Europe to seek other trade roads. 

The Silk Roads

100

This Portuguese sailor who famously took 3 years to travel around the world.

Ferdinand Magellan

100

The Treaty of Tordesillas gave these two countries control over the Americas and West Africa.

Portugal and Spain

100

This is the process of physically taking over a land and its people and resources.

Colonization

150

This is also known as the "orange peel" map. 

Goode's homolosine

150

Early Spanish colonies included these two locations, otherwise known as laboratories of capitalism.

Canary Islands & Madeira

150

These organizations developed by the Dutch helped reduce investment risk.

Joint-stock company

150

Spain got access to this major colony in Southeast Asia because of its control of Western America.

Philippines 

150

This is the belief in superiority of one nation over another and the driving force behind the act of taking over another country. 

Imperialism

200

This map projection fixes the size distortion issues, but shape of continents is still distorted. 

Robinson

200

Early sailors used this tool to measure stars and planets while navigating.

Astrolabe

200

Between 1600 and 1800 CE, the Dutch controlled this percentage of all ships of trade. 

49% (50% or half are acceptable)

200

The Spaniards sent these individuals to "Christianize" the Native Americans.

Friars

200

Spaniards used this term to refer to Spaniards who were born in the Americas.

Criollos

250

Size and shape distortions on map projections have created a false idea that _________________ is more important than other lands and cultures. 

Europe

250

Ferdinand Magellan was considered the first sailor to do this, or travel around the world. 

Circumnavigate

250

In the Americas, Spain began to control this material, forcing indigenous people to extract it.

Silver

250

The Spaniards built Mexico City, capital of New Spain, on top of this city, the Aztec capital.

Tenochtitlan

250

The Spanish conquest of the Aztec led to New Spain in Mexico. Their conquest of this Native American empire led to Peru. 

Inca

300

The Robinson Projection was created in *this* year. 

1963 CE

300

This group of Native Americans were among the first who Columbus encountered in the Bahamas and Hispaniola. 

Taino

300

Pope Alexander VI issued this document to announce the Treaty of Tordesillas.

Papal Bull

300

This term, which governed New Spain, descends from the Latin term "in place of" and the French term "king."

Viceroy 

Vicis + roi

300

The French built their sugar colonies in these two colonies. (Okay if you answer just 1) 

Haiti

French Guinea