Which region in Africa had the kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai and later became an area where many people were captured and sold into slavery?

What country controlled trade on the Mediterranean Sea in the 1400's?

Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, and Christopher Columbus were all searching for:

This explorer believed he landed in India in 1492. His voyages were funded by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain.

Who sailed around the southern tip of Africa and on to India in 1498?

This is a major world religion whose followers believe Jesus is the son of God:

Who built a famous sailing school in Portugal?

What countries competed for land and resources in South America?

What was the major economic activity for New France?

What was an important effect of the defeat of the Spanish Armada?

An English explorer who was hoping to find a trade route to China through North America in the early 1600's was named :

A Spanish priest who did not like the way Native Americans were treated by Columbus and other European explorers was named:

An Italian explorer named ______________traveled for England in 1497 to present-day Canada. He reported to the English monarchy that the land was cold with few resources. England decided not to spend money on colonies for almost 100 years.

The most famous sea dog named ____________ led the first crew of ships from England to sail around the world in 1590.

A group of French protestants who were killed by the Spanish in Florida?

A large farm that used slave labor to grow cash crops was called a ___________________.

Why was Spain angry that England and France were exploring North America?

What led to a religious conflict between Spain and England?

What kind of ships did the sea dogs use?

What did a country have to do to become rich?

The Dutch colony New Amsterdam is now called:

What country seemed like it would be the only country creating colonies and building missions, but later suffered a major military defeat in 1588?

Why didn't the English have a successful colony until the 1600's?

Why was the Line of Demarcation moved?

What was the major economic reason European countries continued to participate in the Age of Exploration and Colonization from 1492 until 1800?

The people Columbus met when he landed were called_________.

The people who defeated the Spanish and kicked them out of present-day New Mexico in 1680 were called______________.

The separation of Africans from their homeland through centuries of forced removal to serve as slaves in the Americas and elsewhere.

An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought

A farm product raised to be sold for money like rice, tobacco, and sugar cane is a

A group of people in one part of the world who are owned by a country from another part of the world

The sharing of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world across the Atlantic Ocean after the year 1500

Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years, like Polly in Copper Sun

A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies

A three way system of trade during the 1600-1800s in which Africa sent enslaved people to America, America sent raw materials to Europe, and Europe sent weapons and technology to Africa

The all-water trade route from Europe through America to Asia that Henry Hudson was looking for was called the

A system by which goods and services are produced and distributed; how a country makes money

Which theme of geography is MOST similar to human migration?

The five features of civilization are:

The people who created a Confederacy (alliance) of 5 smaller tribes based on the Great Law of Peace and symbolized by the Great Tree of Peace (white pine) under which they buried all their weapons. This peaceful alliance later served as a model for the Founding Fathers of the United States when they united the original 13 colonies.

A man from Africa who wrote a book about his experiences being captured, kidnapped, and taken to America on the Middle Passage

Which reason best completes this list?

What did Christopher Columbus actually find?