Period 1

Question 1

Spanish word for corn

Answer 1

Maize

Question 2

A measure of how dry an area is

Answer 2

Aridity

Question 3

Nomadic peoples who live by hunting, fishing, and/or harvesting wild food

Answer 3

Hunter Gatherer

Question 4

Continental trade route named after the man who discovered America, in which food, culture, animals, diseases, and much more was transported between both the New World, and the Old World.

Answer 4

Columbian Exchange

Question 5

The political structure in which there are multiple nobles who own land and their own military. The only thing preventing war is the king, who is a major religious figure. Practiced in Europe.

Answer 5

Feudalism

Question 6

Economic structure in which the government has limited control over how business is carried out within the nation’s borders.

Answer 6

Capitalism

Question 7

Different technologies developed that made the voyage of Columbus possible

Answer 7

Maritime Technology

Question 8

Investors would lend money to a trading company, in return for a specified amount of the profit

Answer 8

Joint-Stock Companies

Question 9

Widespread deadly diseases, which ultimately made the conquering of the Americas much easier for the Europeans

Answer 9

Epidemics