JEOPARDY

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JEOPARDY

• The Early Modern Period 1450-1750

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The Explorers
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The Portuguese
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The Spanish Explorers
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French and English Explorers
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Vocabulary
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This was the economic system that believed that a
nations real wealth was in its gold and silver,
and a nation must export more than it imports.
What was mercantilism?
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This was created by Europeans during the late
16th century based on control of the seas
established an international exchange of foods,
diseases, and manufactured products. 
What was the World Economy?
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These were the first Europeans to explore and
trade with Africa.
Who were the Portuguese?
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He was the Portuguese captain who sailed for the
Spanish and began the first circumnavigation of
the globe in 1519. He died during voyage, but
allowed Spain to claim possession of the
Philippines.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
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This was a sailing vessel designed to carry
larger loads and used the triangular sails of the
Arabs combined with square rigging.
What was the Caravel?
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He was the first Portuguese Sea Captain to reach
the coast of India by sailing around Africa.
Who was Vasco da Gama?
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He the first European sailor to round the Cape
of Good Hope for the Portuguese.
Who was Bartholomeu Dias?
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He was the Genoese Captain who sailed for Spain
and triggered a global exchange in this era with
his discoveries.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
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He was the Portuguese noble who established a
school for navigators in the early 15th century.

Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?
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Dont Choke!
Daily Double
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He was the first Spanish explorer to reach the
Pacific Ocean by crossing the Isthmus of Panama.
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Who was Vasco de Nunez Balboa?
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This was the European country that took over the
Philippines.
What was Spain?
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The is the name given to Dutch farmers in South
Africa.
What were Boers?
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He was the explorer who founded the first French
settlement in Quebec in 1608.
Who was Samuel de Champlain?
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He was the Spaniard who defeated the Aztecs of
Mexico.
Who was Hernan Cortes?
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This was the most dramatic effect of Europeans on
natives in the Americas.
What was death due to diseases i.e., small pox,
measles, mumps?
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These were Native American products that
Europeans adopted and became staples on the
Continent.
What were corn, potatoes, pumpkin, yams,
tobacco, chocolate, etc.?
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This was the name of the conflict in America
triggered by rivalry between Britain and France
all over the world..
form of Protestantism in England established by
Henry VIII.
What was French and Indian War or the Seven
Years War?
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This was the country that claimed North America
after the Treaty of Paris in 1763.  
What was England or Great Britain?
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This was the name for the leg of the triangular
trade that brought Africans to America.
What was the Middle Passage?
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These two rulers expelled the Muslims and the
Jews from Spain in 1492.
Who were Ferdinand and Isabella?
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Dont Choke!
Daily Double
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This was the huge sea battle that was fought by
the Spanish for control of the Mediterranean Sea
in 1571. 
What was the Battle of Lepanto?
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This was the interaction between Europe and the
Americas which caused the deaths of millions of
native Americans and new crops spread around the
world.
What was the Columbian Exchange ?
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This company was formed by a wealthy group of
merchants from the Netherlands in 1602, and
wielded an unusual amount of governmental power.
What was The Dutch East India Company?
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These were regions within the world economy that
produced raw materials and were dependent upon
European markets and shipping.
What were Dependent economic zones?
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This is where the British East India Company
headquarters was located in Bengal. It was
captured in 1756 during the Sepoy Rebellion and
later became the administrative center for
populous Bengal.
What was Calcutta?
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These were the British colonies in North America
along Atlantic coast from New England to Georgia.
What were the Atlantic colonies or Thirteen
colonies ?
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He was the Spanish explorer who arrived in the
Americas in 1502 and joined Balboa in Panama, and
then successfully attacked the Inca Empire.
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
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These were people of mixed European and Native
American heritage in the Americas.
Who were Mestizos?
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These were the French colonies in Canada and
extended along the St. Lawrence River and Great
Lakes and down the Mississippi River valley
system.
What was New France ?
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This was the Dutch colony established at the Cape
of Good Hope in 1652 to provide a coastal station
for Dutch ships traveling to and from Asia the
Dutch settlers expanded and fought with Bantus
and other Africans.
What was the Cape Colony?