Tried to find an eastern route to India by going around the tip of Africa but stopped early

What was the problem with the Ottoman Empire for Europe?

Who conquered the Aztecs?

Who sailed the ocean blue in 1492?

Who ALMOST circumnavigated the globe but died?

What religion controlled the Holy Land, and caused Europe to invade?

European nations began to send out explorers because they were finding a faster route to where?

Which is the time period of "changing ideas/rebirth" in Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries?

A caravel is a type of what?

What did an Astrolabe measure?

Who was the first explorer to reach the southern tip of Africa?

Which country sponsors Columbus' trip to the New World?

What were the goals of the Spanish coming to the New World? Select all that apply

A conquistador was a Spanish what?

Hernan Cortes was famous for conquering which group?

Ponce de Leon is most famous for exploring where?

Why were Columbus' voyages important?

Main "secret" weapon of the Conquistadors that allowed them to quickly subdue the natives:

Exchange of cultures, resources, plants, animals, and disease between the New and Old Worlds.

What wiped out at least 40 million (and up to 100 million) Native Americans between 1492-1600?

The Mayan Civilization decline began around 800 CE when...

Like earlier civilizations of Mesoamerica, the Aztec religion required regular human sacrifice with the preferred victims

In 1530 Francisco Pizarro arrived with 180 Spanish Conquistadors. He was able to use the political instability to his advantage and captured Atahulpa which led to the downfall of which Mesoamerican civilization?

Which were polytheistic with an emphasis on the worship of the sun? Select all that apply

Which Mesoamerican societies create elaborate and quite accurate calendars? Select all that apply

Agriculture was the foundation of the economy for the.. Select all that apply

Pastoralism was also unique to the...

Commercial trade was much more common in the... (select all that apply)

Mayan civilization was divided into approximately 40 independent city-states that dominated the region from Southern Mexico to Honduras. While the Aztec and Inca Empires were...

The buying and selling of Africans to work in the Americas was called:

A transatlantic trade network where various goods were sold

Before using Africans for slave labor, colonists attempted to use __________ to work the fields

The slave population in America grew naturally due to:

Europeans needing slaves for plantation labor in the New World traded ___________ with African elites for African slaves.