Math Jeopardy

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Mesoamerica
Jamestown
Terms
Columbus
Miscellaneous Vocab
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O, M, T, A
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Olmec, Mayan, Toltec, Aztec, or the order of the
major Mesoamerican cultures
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The name of the last Aztec ruler, killed by the
Spanish
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Moctezuma
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The name of the major Spanish conquistador
responsible for the genocide of the Aztecs in 1519
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Hernan Cortes
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The year Francisco Pizarro destroyed Atahualpa
and the Incan people
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1533
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Where the Mayans lived
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The Yucatan peninsula, or the eastern edge of
modern Mexico
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The name of Pocahantas husband
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John Rolfe
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Chief Powhatans daughter
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Pocahantas
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The winter of 1609-1610 for the colonists
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The Starving Time
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The year of the arrival of the first Africans in
Jamestown
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1619
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The first cash crop that-after the English
learned how to eat from the Indians-helped them
make money
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Tobacco
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The system where kings and queens sought gold,
silver and other precious metals above all else
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Mercantilism
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The cash based system we use today that values
quickness and a better life for the individual
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Capitalism
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A picture, journal or other artifact from a
first-hand witness
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Primary Source
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Different from slavery, this system allowed for
freedom after the worker fulfilled a four to
seven year term of service
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Indentured Servitude
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The form of slavery where another person becomes
property, unfortunately this is only one form of
slavery
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Chattel Slavery
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The name of the Natives Columbus first encountered
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The Arawaks
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The two possibilities for how smallpox reached
the Americas (be specific)
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1.) By accident 2.) On purpose, from hospital
blankets used by the English
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The name of the priest whose journal is our
primary source for the evils of the Spanish
colonization of the Americas
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Bartolome de Las Casas
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The name Columbus gave to the island on which he
landed
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Hispaniola
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The German invention that helped publicize the
voyages of discovery and led to quick and
massive colonization by Europeans of all classes
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The Printing Press
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The name given to the cultures that flourished in
the Ohio River Valley in about 1,000 B.C.
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The Mound Builders
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A system of government run by elected officials
rather than monarchs alone
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A republic
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The name for the belief that Kings and Queens
were endowed by their creator with omniscience
and should thus be granted omnipotence
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The Divine Right of Kings
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What Martin Luther started
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The Protestant Reformation
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When the English decided not to push the Natives
any further
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The Proclamation of 1763