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Colonialism again

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First name of the British explorer who discovered the Hudson River, the Hudson Strait, and Hudson Bay.
Country that committed the first genocide of the 20th century, where it is estimated that 80,000 Namibians lost their lives.
By 1900, the indigenous population in the Americas declined by more than 80%, and by as much as 98% in some areas. There were two main reasons for this: violence, displacement, and warfare from the colonisers towards the Indians, and which other reason?
This large West African country gained independence from Great Britain in 1957.
Name of the English ship that transported a group of English families known today as the Pilgrims from England to the New World in 1620.
Country that occupied Cuba between 1898-1902. (6,6)
The Italian born Master Navigator and Admiral that accidently discovered the Americas in 1492, despite believing that he had arrived in India.
The thirteen American colonies consisted of Delaware, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Bay Colony (which included Maine), New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and which other?
Sir Walter _______ sailed to America with his half-brother, the English explorer, Sir Humphrey Gilbert. He provided backing for the Virginia colony of Roanoke Island. He is also famous for introducing tobacco and potatoes to England.
North African country that France colonised from 1912 until 1956.
In 1943, up to 4 million people from this country starved to death because Winston Churchill diverted food to British soldiers and countries such as Greece.
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The conquest of Ceuta was led by _____ the navigator in 1415 and initiated the Portuguese empire.
During the Second ____ War of 1899-1902, the British put 107,000 natives in camps, mostly being women and children, where approximately 28,000 lost their lives. Which war was this?
Name of the ship that number 6 sailed in to get to Australia.
The ________ for Africa describes the acceleration of colonialism, and the race to colonise Africa.
Portugal and which other nation were the first to achieve global empires, with colonies stretching across different continents?
System of government that many colonial nations introduced into their colonies.
Explorer that was famous for undertaking the first expedition around the world, sailing through the Straits of Magellan, and reaching the Pacific Ocean from 1519-1522.
Name of the explorer who landed in Australia in 1770 and claimed it as a British territory.
Name of the 400-ton English merchant ship that brought roughly 140 British colonists to the province of Maryland. The ___