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Examples of this Theme would be specific names, but also groups like Soldiers or Explorers.
What is Person?
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Forced unpaid labor.
What is Slavery?
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Most people give him credit for Discovering America, which he did so in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
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Ponce de Leon searched for the Fountain of Youth in this modern-day state, though for him it was not the happiest place on Earth.
What is Florida?
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Two continents, one country, and many other things are all named after this Italian Explorer, due to his original maps of the New World.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
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Examples of this Theme would be 1492, or "Before the Revolutionary War"
What is Time?
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A treaty or pact between groups - often broken.
What is an Alliance?
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Besides Money, Religion, and "Because it was there" it was the fourth reason most Explorers chose to Explore.
What is fame?
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Though he sailed for Spain, Columbus was actually from this country.
What is Italy?
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The Original Captain America's real name.
What is Steve Rogers?
300
The question "Why" is answered by this theme.
What is Cause?
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Increasing your country's money by taking new land and forcing it to trade with you.
What is Mercantilism?
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Many argue that this man, a Viking, should get credit for Discovering America, due to his settlements in Canada.
Who is Leif Erikson?
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These islands are where Columbus actually landed.
What are the Bahamas?
300
The UMA motto "Et Stands Supra Firman" is Latin for this phrase.
What is "Stand Strong and Rise Above"?
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The theme Significance answers these TWO questions.
What are "So What" and "Who cares"?
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It's what "Conquistador" means in Spanish.
What is Conqueror?
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Ferdinand Magellan is usually credited as the first person to do this - meaning to sail completely around the world.
What is circumnavigate (the globe)?
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Francisco Pizarro conquered the Incan Empire in this modern-day country.
What is Peru?
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LT Curtis' middle name.
What is Snow?
500
"England" "The Virgin Queen" "1533-1603" and even "Virginia" might all be Themes for this topic - a famous monarch.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
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Missionaries were important during the Age of Exploration, because they were the first "explorers" to do this.
What is stay in the New World?
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He was the ruler of the Aztecs who was betrayed by Hernando Cortes and slaughtered. (His curse is still said to exist in Mexico)
Who is Montezuma / Moctezuma?
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Hernando de Soto is credited as being the first European to discover and cross this, and used the Native Term for "Great River" to name it.
What is the Mississippi River?
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On this day in 1982, this Musical, written by Andrew Lloyd Weber, opened on Broadway, and became Broadway's longest running musical for many years.
What is Cats?