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2. King Kongos Song-High Schoolers Benin Some Troubles Final Jeopardy
Round 1
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Song-High
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Benin Some Troubles

3. Changes in the New World Trans-Atlantic Economy
Changes in Europe
Changes in the New World
Changes in Africa
Trans-Atlantic Economy
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4. $100
What is the Silk Road?

5. The Silk was an ancient trade route which connected China to Europe.
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The Silk was an ancient trade route which connected China to Europe.
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6. $200
How did improvements of sailing technology encourage Europeans to start exploring?

7. $200
The Europeans finally developed ships that could go far out to sea and the ability to navigate open oceans. This encouraged them to explore.
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8. $300
How did the growth of population in Europe encourage Europeans to start trading more?

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As the population grew, a class of rich merchants and traders appeared in European cities. These merchants needed to look for new markets to buy goods from.
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10. $400
What was the new idea about the world proposed by Christopher Columbus?

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Columbus’ new idea was that if the world was round he could sail the other direction to get to Asia.
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12. Explain why European explorers wanted to find a shorter route to Asia.
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Explain why European explorers wanted to find a shorter route to Asia.

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Europe was at the very end of the Silk Road. It got the let-over goods at the highest prices. If Europeans could trade directly with Asia, they could make lots of money by buying at the Asian price and selling at the European price.
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14. Name the three waves of Europeans who came to the New World.
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Name the three waves of Europeans who came to the New World.

15. $100 Wave 1: Explorers Wave 2: Conquerors Wave 3: Settlers
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16. $200
Name some of the European countries that made land claims in the New World.

17. Spain, Portugal, England, France, and Netherlands
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Spain, Portugal, England, France, and Netherlands
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18. Over time, why did Europeans turn to African slave labor?
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Over time, why did Europeans turn to African slave labor?

19. $300
Most of the native population of the New World died of disease, war, or famine in the first century after Contact. This happened right as European’s needed more cheap labor to work New World mines and plantations.
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Explain the “Northwest Passage.” Why did European explorers hold onto the hope of its existence for so long?

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The Northwest Passage was a legendary shortcut through the New World to Asia. Europeans did not give up on finding it because they still dreamed of finding it, because it was way longer to reach Asia if you sailed past the New World.
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23. $500
How are the Columbian Exchange, Triangle Trade, Mercantilism, and Trans-Atlantic Economy related to each other?

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They all describe trade patterns of people and goods between the Old and New World.
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25. Name a Slave Kingdom and describe where it is located.
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Name a Slave Kingdom and describe where it is located.

26. Songhai (NW Africa, desert) Benin (W Africa, jungle)
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Songhai (NW Africa, desert)
Benin (W Africa, jungle)
Kongo (SW Africa, jungle)
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27. What was the Middle Passage?
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What was the Middle Passage?

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The Middle Passage was the journey across the Atlantic between Africa and the New World experienced by millions of African Slaves.
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29. What makes chattel slavery different than slavery?
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What makes chattel slavery different than slavery?

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In slavery, a slave is still considered a person. In chattel slavery, a slave is considered a piece of property.
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31. What was “tight-packing?”
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What was “tight-packing?”

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Tight-packing was the way many African slaves were loaded tightly onto slave ships.
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33. $500
Who was Equiano? Why is he important to the study of slavery in the New World?

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Equiano was a freed African slave. He is important to the study of slavery in the New World because he wrote about his experience of the Middle Passage.
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35. $100
What is the Triangle Trade? What are the three points of the Triangle Trade?

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The Triangle Trade is the trade across the Atlantic between Europe, Africa, and the New World.
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37. What is the Trans-Atlantic Economy?
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What is the Trans-Atlantic Economy?

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The Trans-Atlantic Economy was the networks of exchange and economic growth that grew up around the lands that bordered the Atlantic Ocean as result of European trading across the Atlantic Ocean.
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39. $300
What three types of things were traded in the Triangle Trade? Explain what they were. Give Examples.

40. Slaves: Cheap human labor
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Slaves: Cheap human labor
Raw Materials: goods grown or taken from the land (wood, food, metal)
Manufactured Goods: Goods that are made in factories (ships, guns, cloth)
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41. $400
How do slaves, raw materials, and manufactured goods fit into the Triangle Trade?

42. $400 New World buys slaves from Africa.
Slaves from Africa produce Raw Materials in the New World.
Raw materials from the New World are used by European factories to make Manufactured Goods.
Europe sells manufactured goods to Africa and New World.
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43. $500
In Mercantilism, describe the relationship between a Mother Country and its colonies.

44. Colonies are only allowed to sell to Mother Country.
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Colonies are only allowed to sell to Mother Country.
Colonies are only allowed to buy from Mother Country
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45. What is a “Mother Land?” Give an example.
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What is a “Mother Land?” Give an example.

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A Mother Land is a European country that planted a New World settlement.
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47. What is a “colony?” Give an example.
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What is a “colony?” Give an example.

48. A colony is a New World settlement planted by a European country.
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A colony is a New World settlement planted by a European country.
Examples:
Spain: Mexico, Cuba, Peru
England: 13 Colonies, South Africa, Australia
France: Haiti, Canada
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49. $300
What are raw materials?

50. Raw materials are good that are grown or taken from the land.
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Raw materials are good that are grown or taken from the land.
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51. What are manufactured goods?
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What are manufactured goods?

52. Goods produced by a factory.
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Goods produced by a factory.
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53. $500
What is Mercantilism?

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A trade partnership between a Mother Country its colonies, where the colonies have to sell their products to the Mother Country and have to buy the products of the Mother Country.
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55. Final Jeopary Question
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Category: 1492
Final Jeopary Question
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56. The year 1492 set three different groups of people on a collision course. Who where these group? Explain why 1492 started this collision.

57. After this date populations in Africa, Europe, and the New World greatly shifted. Millions of European settlers and African Slaves came to the New World. Millions of Native Americans died.
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