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Question 1

Native American Population pre-Columbus

Answer 1

50-75 million

Question 2

Financiers of the voyage to America

Answer 2

Isabella and Ferdinand

Question 3

Namesake of America

Answer 3

Mapmaker Amerigo Vespucci

Question 4

Vasco de Gama

Answer 4

First European to reach India by a route around Africa

Question 5

Henry the Navigator

Answer 5

Created a sea route around Africa and the Cape of Good Hope

Question 6

Columbus’ ships

Answer 6

Three: Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

Question 7

Columbus died…

Answer 7

in 1506

Question 8

America to Europe food exchanges

Answer 8

Beans, corn, sweet and white potatoes, tomatoes, tobacco

Question 9

Europe to America food exchanges

Answer 9

Sugarcane, pigs, horses, grasses

Question 10

America to Europe disease exchange

Answer 10

Syphilis

Question 11

Europe to America disease exchange

Answer 11

Smallpox, measles, etc

Question 12

Native American mortality rate post Columbus

Answer 12

90%

Question 13

How did spain and portugal settle who got what land?

Answer 13

They had the pope draw a line splitting the world, permitting lands to the east and west to each group respectively

Question 14

Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494

Answer 14

Pushed the split line a few degrees through the west, giving brazil to portugal

Question 15

Spanish gold supply increase post columbus

Answer 15

at least 500%

Question 16

First permanent english colony in America

Answer 16

Jamestown

Question 17

Why did Jamestown nearly fail and what saved it?

Answer 17

The natives would not buy any of their wares, UNTIL they started selling fine tobacco