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What type of empire in Africa was based around modern-day Guinea and primarily traded people to the Europeans for guns and textiles?

Forest Empire

100

What was the name given to military commanders and explorers who claimed land and riches in the name of their respective monarchs?

Conquistadors

100

What were the "Three Sisters?"

Corn, Beans, and Squash

100

Who were the two main powers in Europe that arose in the 15th century?

Spain & Portugal

100
The Aztecs primarily ruled over the central part of what modern-day country?

Mexico

200
What are groups of Native Americans with large populations and who speak the same language?

Tribes

200

What was the name of the centuries-long conflict between Christians and Muslims in Spain?

Reconquista

200

What was the name of the land bridge that connected Asia to North America, which allowed early Native Americans to arrive on the continent?

Beringia

200

How many total voyages did Christopher Columbus set sail on?

Four

200

What Spanish explorer mapped out the coast of Florida?

Ponce de Leon

300

What treaty established a demarcation line through the middle of the globe that split the world between the Portuguese and Spanish?

Treaty of Tordesillas

300
Who conquered the Aztec Empire in 1519-1520 and took over much of Central Mexico for Spain?

Hernan Cortes

300

What was considered the "Highway of the Americas?"

Rivers

300

What are the three reasons for European Expansion?

Control of Trade

Control Land

Spread Christianity

300

Dona Marina, the Spaniards translator in Mexico, became known as who, according to Mexican folklore?

La Malinche

400

What person conquered the Inca Empire and allowed Spain to capture and control much of South America?

Francisco Pizarro

400
What governing system granted Spaniards the ability to extract forced labor from the indigenous population in exchange for protection?

Encomienda System

400

List 3 of 4 reasons why the Norse Colony in Canada failed.

Limited Resources

Bad Weather

Food Shortages

Native Resistance

400

Who were the King and Queen of Spain who approved of Christopher Columbus' voyage?

Ferdinand and Isabella

400

What was the name for the conflicts that the Aztecs engaged in with neighboring populations?

Flower Wars

500

What was the capital of the Inca?

Cuzco

500

What was the name of the forced resettlement of Native Americans in Spanish-controlled lands in the Americas? 

Congraciones

500

Leif Erikson and the Vikings discovered and founded a colony on which Canadian island?

Newfoundland

500

What are two of the three ways in which Europe expanded slavery in the Americas?

Use the Indigenous population for labor

Use indentured servitude from Europe

Import slaves from Africa to the Americas

500

What was the name for the military settlements that the Spanish established in the Americas?

Presidios