The Monarchs
These are the names of the king and queen who funded Christopher Columbus.
Who are...King Ferdinand and Isabella?
This is where Columbus actually landed during his first voyage.
What is...the Bahamas?
(Will accept: The Caribbean or any of the islands he named)
These are the people who lived in Mexico and had the capital city of Tenochtitlan.
Who are...the Aztecs?
This is where the majority of captured Africans were sent.
Where is...the Caribbean?
This is a 3 sentence summary of Moana
Answers may vary...Ms. Bekins will judge
This is the major religion that Ferdinand and Isabella made the official religion.
What is...Catholicism?
(Will accept: Catholics or Christianity)
This is the year that Columbus took his first voyage, and the world became connected.
(Think: "_____ Columbus sailed the ocean blue")
What is...1492
These are 2 goods traded to the "old world" (Africa, Asia, Europe, India) from the "new world" (the Americas).
Answers may vary, what are:
- Maize
- Potatoes
- Tobacco
- Beans
- Squash
- Peppers
- Cacao
This is the percentage of captured people that was sent to North America.
What is...6%?
This is a 2 sentence summary of Ratatouille
Answers will vary...Ms. Bekins will judge
This is where the world's first ghetto was.
Where is...Venice, Italy?
(Will accept just Italy)
This is the shape that Columbus thought the world was.
What is...a pear?
This are 3 goods that were new to the Americas because of Columbus, Ferdinand, and Isabella.
Answers may vary, what are:
- Horses
- Cattle
- Pigs
- Sugar
- Rice
- Wheat
- Rye
These are the people that created race as we know it today through beginning the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade.
Who are...the Europeans?
This is an important step in summarizing.
Answers may vary, what is:
- Pulling out key words
- Reading / rereading the text
- Thinking about the content
This is when Ferdinand and Isabella searched for, and tortured, Jews.
What is...the Spanish Inquisition?
Besides his monarchs, this is who Christopher Columbus credits with the success of his journey.
Who is...God?
This is where Spain's first colony was in the Americas.
What is...
Over the Aztec Empire
Or
Tenochtitlan
Or
Mexico
This is an impact the the slave trade had on Africa.
Answers may vary, what is:
- Ruined social structures (who was left behind)
- Ruined economy
- Made it vulnerable (easy) to be attacked
This is a 2 sentence summary of what happened between Hernan Cortes and the Aztecs.
Answers will vary, Ms. Bekins will judge.
(Needs to include that the conquistadors defeated the Aztecs)
This event saw 100,000 - 300,000 Jews expelled from their homes in Spain under Ferdinand and Isabella. What is it called?
What is...the Jewish Diaspora
This is what Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortes have in common with their experiences when meeting indigenous people.
What is...mistaken for a god?
This is the deadliest thing European colonizers brought to the Americas.
What is...disease?
This is what Nzinga Mbemba (King of the Kongo in Africa) asked of the King of Portugal.
Answers may vary.
What is...
- To end the slave trade
- To stop stealing his citizens
- To stop sending goods to be traded for his citizens
This is a 1 sentence summary of Christopher Columbus' voyage.
(Be as precise as possible!)
Answers will vary, Ms. Bekins will judge.
(Needs to be precise and include only main points)