English Monarchs
Which English monarch received a "scary" nickname after executing many Protestant enemies?
Mary I (Bloody Mary)
Did Columbus discover America?
NO (told you that was an easy one)
Which disease was brought to the Americas by Europeans?
Smallpox
Which major civilization collapsed under its own weight long before European contact?
What is the common term for the path from Africa to the Americas during the Atlantic Slave Trade?
Middle Passage
Which of these English monarchs authorized the publication of a new Bible and the first permanent English settlement in North America?
James I
Which explorer that we studied attempted to circumnavigate (travel around) the entire globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
Which disease did Europeans get from the indigenous people of the Americas?
Syphilis
What was the name of the capital city of the Aztecs, that is today Mexico City?
Tenochtitlan
Name THREE products grown in the Americas that required slave labor
Sugar, rice, indigo, coffee, rice, tobacco, alcohol (rum), precious metals, cotton (much later)
What is the name of the only period of English history WITHOUT a monarch, and the name of the leader during that period?
The Commonwealth; Oliver Cromwell
Which explorer that we studied is famous for setting up the Portuguese colony of Goa on the west coast of India?
Vasco de Gama
Which animal was introduced to the Americas by Europeans, and also instrumental in Europeans conquering the continent?
Horses
Name all three factors that allowed Hernan Cortes to conquer the Aztec people.
Alliances
Superior weapons
Disease
What is the term for the economy that requires creating colonies for the economic benefit of the home country?
Mercantilism
Mary I; James II (converted during his term)
Which explorer that we studied funded many voyages of exploration, but never went on any himself?
Prince Henry the Navigator
What was the name of the Indian nation that lived in the West Indies when Columbus arrived?
Arawak
Which is the only explorer we studied who was also instrumental in the collapse of a great pre-Columbian empire?
Francisco Pizarro (the Inca)
Roughly what percentage of slaves died on the path from Africa to the Americas?
12-13%
Which English King was famously beheaded after being overthrown by Parliament in the English Civil War?
Charles I
Hernando de Soto (traveled to Florida)
How many indigenous peoples existed in the West Indies when Columbus arrived (in approx millions), and roughly how many remained in the area at the census taken 60 years later?
8,000,000
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What famous city square in Mexico City today was once the site of a great Mesoamerican market?
Tlatelolco
Explain why Africans were the choice of slaves over other Europeans or indigenous Indians.
Europeans were indentured servants, but not legally allowed to enslave
Indians were resistant, and mostly eradicated from disease and warfare