Global Age Jeopardy!!Conquest of
Americas (No Multiple Choice)
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Italian Explorer, sailing for Spain, who reached the Americas 1492 while searching for a western sea route from Europe to Asia
Christopher Columbus
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A scattering of people
Diaspora
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Spanish explorer who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain in the 1500s and 1600s
Conquistador
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Mapmaker
Cartographer
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The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia, and Africa beginning with the voyages of Columbus
Columbian Exchange
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A Muslim empire in India (1526-1761) founded by Babur; ruled most of northern India from the mid-1500s to the mid 1700s.
Mughal
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Ruling dynasty of the Ottoman Empire (1293-1922); named for Osman I, the founder; at the Empire’s height, the Ottomans ruled a vast area that encompassed southwest Asia, northeast Africa, and southeast Europe.
A. Ottoman
B. Inca
C. Safavid
D. Mali
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Dynasty established by the Manchus in the mid 1600s and lasted until the early 1900s; Chinas last dynasty
A. MaliB. TokugawaC. MingD. Qing
Qing
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The King of Spain appointed viceroys, which were ________?
Representatives who rules in his name.
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As Mali weakened in the 1400s, this new West African kingdom emerged; controlled trade routes, wealthy cities and became a leading center for learning; prospered until about 1586.
A. Songhai
B. Safavid
C. Ming
D. Mali
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The American word slave comes from the large number of _______________ taken from southern Russia to work as unpaid laborers in Roman times.
Slavs
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Person in Spain’s colonies in the Americas who was an American-born descendent of Spanish settlers.
A. Peninsulares
B. Creole
C. Mulatto
D. Mestizo
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In Spain’s colonies in the Americas, a person who was of African and European descent.
A. Peninsulares
B. Creole
C. Mulatto
D. Mestizo
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Members of the highest class in Spains colonies in the Americas; colonists who were born in Spain or Portugal.
A. Peninsulares
B. Creole
C. Mulatto
D. Mestizo
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Person in Spain’s colonies in the Americas who was of Native American and European descent
A. Peninsulares
B. Creole
C. Mulatto
D. Mestizo
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Portuguese navigator; his ships were the first to circumnavigate the globe, though he died on the journey.
A. Hernan CortesB. Sir Francis DrakeC. Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan
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Prince of Portugal and patron of exploration; he made no voyages himself but spend his life directing voyages of discovery along the African coast.
A. Francis DrakeB. Vasco de GamaC. Las CasasD. Henry the Navigator
Henry the Navigator
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Portuguese navigator; in 1497-1499, he became the first European to sail around Africa and reach India by sea.
A. Vasco da GamaB. Christopher ColumbusC. MagellanD. Sir Francis Drake
Vasco da Gama
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Founder of the Ottoman Empire
Osman I
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Emperor of the Qing dynasty from 1735 to 1796; during his reign, China expanded to its greatest size. He limited foreign contacts and ordered traders to conduct business with the Chinese government, not with private merchants.
Qianlong
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Someone sent to do religious work in a territory or foreign country.
Missionary
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To proceed completely around
Circumnavigate
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South American empire stretching 2,500 miles down the Andes Mountains and along the Pacific coast; created one of the great road systems in history- even more extensive than that of ancient Rome; fell to the Spanish in the 1500s.
A. Inca
B. Maya
C. Aztec
D. Indian
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A group of islands in eastern Indonesia; was the center of the spice trade in the 1500s and 1600s.
Moluccas
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Early civilization in Central America
A. AztecB. MaliC. MayaD. Mestizo
Maya
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Large estate run by an owner or overseer and worked by laborers who live there
Plantation
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A line set by the Treaty of Tordesillas dividing the non European world into two zones, one controlled by Spain and the other by Portugal.
Line of Demarcation
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In 1603, Tokugawa leyasu founded the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled Japan until 1868; Tokugawas brought peace and stability to Japan; experienced sharp conflict with foreigners arriving in the 1500’s.
Tokugawa
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Several hundred years after the decline of the Maya civilization, the Aztecs conquered most of Mexico; by 1500, the Aztec empire numbered about 30 million people; would eventually be conquered by the Spanish.
A. MaliB. MayaC. AztecD. Inca
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West African kingdom that emerged by 1250; controlled both the gold mining regions to the south and the salt supplies of the Sahara; weakened in the 1400’s
Mali
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