1. The World Before 1500 ~ Chapter One European Exploration of the Americas ~ Chapter Two

2. Key NamesKey TermsNative Americans Europe Africa 200 400 600 800 1000 Bonus Question: 3000 pts

3. KEY NAMES: 200  Answer  An Italian explorer who explored what is now America (named after him).  Question  Who was Americo Vespucci? 200

4. KEY NAMES:400  Answer :  The Conquistador who defeated the Inca nation.  Question  Who was Francisco Pizarro ? 400

5. KEY NAMES: 600  Answer  The Conquistador who defeated the Aztec nation and brought them to ruins.  Question  Who was Hernando Cortes? 600

6. KEY NAMES: 800  Answer  A French sailor who sailed up the St Lawrence River to present day Montreal.  Question  Who was Jacques Cartier? 800

7. KEY NAMES: 1000  Answer  An African slave who was brought to the West Indies from West Africa in the 1700s and wrote a narrative about it.  Question  Who was Olaudah Equiano ? 1000

8. KEY TERMS: 200  Answer  A religious movement in Europe that split the Protestant Church away from the Catholic Church.  Question  What was The Reformation? 200

9. KEY TERMS: 400  Answer  A period of time in Europe where there was an increased interest in the arts and learning.  Question  What was The Renaissance? 400

10. KEY TERMS: 600  Answer  A type of society that included groups of people who created permanent towns and villages.  Question  What is the a sedentary society? 600

11. KEY TERMS: 800  Answer  The soldiers who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain.  Question  Who were the Conquistadors? 800

12. KEY TERMS: 1000  Answer  The voyage from Africa to the Americas in the Triangular Trade.  Question  What is the Middle Passage? 1000

13. NATIVE AMERICANS: 200  Answer  The route that ancient people traveled to North America through the Pacific Northwest.  Question  What was the Siberian Land Bridge ? 200

14. NATIVE AMERICANS: 400  Answer  The first great American civilization that emerged in Mesoamerica.  Question  Who were the Olmecs? 400

15. NATIVE AMERICANS: 600  Answer  This civilization dominated Mesoamerica between 1200 and 1500 in present day Peru.  Question  Who were the Incas? 600

16. NATIVE AMERICANS: 800  Answer  This Aztec emperor feared that the Spanish Conquistadors were gods sent to reclaim the throne.  Question  Who was Montezuma? 800

17. NATIVE AMERICANS: 1000  Answer  The Inca Emperor who went out to greet the Spanish and was killed.  Question  Who was Atahualpa? 1000

18. EUROPE: 200  Answer  In places like Mexico and California. The Spanish Church set up towns and churches.  Question  What is a Mission? 200

19. EUROPE: 400  Answer  This person did not agree with the poor treatment that of the Native Americans by the Spanish.  Question  Who was Bart de las Casas? 400

20. EUROPE: 600  Answer  The large fleet of ships sent out by Spain in 1588 to conquer England and restore Catholicism.  Question  What was the Spanish Armada? 600

21. EUROPE: 800  Answer  The food shortage in Europe in the early 1300’s that led to many deaths.  Question  What was the Great Famine? 800

22. EUROPE: 1000  Answer  The exchange of plants, animals and disease between Europe and North America beginning in the late 1400’s.  Question  What is the Columbian Exchange? 1000

23. AFRICA: 200  Answer  Runaway slaves led by Diego de Campo in 1546.  Question  Who were the Maroons? 200

24. AFRICA: 400  Answer  The rise of the sugar plantations brought about an increase in this institution?  Question  What is slavery? 400

25. AFRICA: 600  Answer  Located in Northern Africa, this area is hot and dry and has little if no vegetation.  Question  What is the Sahara Desert? 600

26. AFRICA: 800  Answer  A religious group of people who follow Islam.  Question  Who are the Muslims? 800

27. AFRICA: 1000  Answer  Located in Southern Africa, this area is made up of long flat grasslands with abundant wildlife?  Question  What is the Savanna? 1000

28. BONUS QUESTION: 3000 PTS.  Answer  At least 4 diseases brought by the Europeans during the Columbian Exchange.  Question  What were smallpox, measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, typhus, and/or whooping cough? 1,000