Canary Islands - 2025 ACF Regionals

Question

Jean de Béthencourt (“bay-tawn-COOR”) was made king of this region after beginning its conquest in 1402, perhaps to acquire a source of dye made from orchil lichen. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this region whose Guanche people were conquered by Castille. The sugar plantation model later introduced to the Caribbean was developed in this region and Portuguese possessions like Madeira.

ANSWER: Canary Islands [or Canaries; accept Islas Canarias]

[10e] Spanish conquest of the Canaries began under the third king of Castille with this name. Madeira was discovered by explorers sponsored by a Portuguese prince with this name nicknamed the “Navigator.”

ANSWER: Henry [or Enrique; or Henrique; or Henry III of Castile; or Henry the Suffering; or Enrique el Doliente; or Henry the Navigator; or Dom Henrique, o Navegador]

[10h] The introduction of these insects revived the Canarian economy after the decline of sugar. Spanish officials recorded Mexican peoples’ harvest of these insects, which produce a red dye later used in British military uniforms.

ANSWER: cochineal [or Dactylopius coccus; accept cochinilla]

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California	2025-02-01	Y	3	16.67	100%	33%	33%
Great Lakes	2025-02-01	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	6	20.00	100%	33%	67%
Midwest	2025-02-01	Y	6	25.00	100%	83%	67%
North	2025-02-01	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
Overflow	2025-02-01	Y	5	26.00	100%	100%	60%
Pacific Northwest	2025-02-01	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
South Central	2025-02-01	Y	2	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Southeast	2025-02-01	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
UK	2025-02-01	Y	10	18.00	90%	70%	20%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	8	16.25	88%	25%	50%
Upstate NY	2025-02-01	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%

Data


Claremont A	UCLA	0	10	0	10
Claremont B	UC Berkeley A	0	10	0	10
UC Berkeley B	UCSD	10	10	10	30
Ohio State A	Carnegie Mellon A	10	10	10	30
Case Western A	Case Western B	10	10	0	20
Michigan State	Michigan A	10	10	0	20
Kenyon	Ohio State B	0	10	0	10
Michigan D	Carnegie Mellon B	10	10	0	20
William & Mary	Duke	0	10	10	20
UNC B	Liberty A	0	10	10	20
UNC D	Liberty C	0	10	10	20
South Carolina	Virginia Tech A	10	10	10	30
UNC C	Liberty B	10	10	0	20
Virginia A	Wake Forest	0	10	0	10
Chicago A	Chicago B	10	10	10	30
Indiana B	Illinois B	10	10	10	30
Illinois C	WashU A	10	10	10	30
Indiana A	Illinois A	10	10	10	30
Missouri	Chicago C	10	10	0	20
Chicago D	Missouri S&T	0	10	0	10
Carleton	Wisconsin A	10	10	0	20
Iowa State	Winona State	10	10	10	30
Minnesota B	Wisconsin B	0	10	0	10
Stanford B	Georgetown A	10	10	10	30
Northwestern A	Georgetown B	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame B	Iowa	10	10	10	30
Northwestern B	Purdue	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame C	Notre Dame A	10	10	0	20
UW A	Alberta	10	10	0	20
UBC	UW B	10	10	0	20
TAMU	Texas A	0	10	0	10
Texas B	ASU	10	10	10	30
Louisville A	Vanderbilt A	0	10	0	10
Tennessee A	Georgia Tech D	0	10	0	10
Bruin A	Georgia Tech B	10	10	10	30
Cambridge A	Oxford B	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech C	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Cambridge D	Cambridge B	0	10	0	10
Imperial A	Durham	10	10	0	20
Imperial B	LSE	10	10	0	20
Manchester	Warwick A	10	10	0	20
Warwick B	Oxford A	10	10	0	20
Oxford C	Southampton A	10	10	0	20
Bristol	Sheffield	0	10	0	10
Southampton B	NYU C	0	0	10	10
Cambridge C	Cambridge E	10	10	10	30
Haverford B	Columbia B	0	10	0	10
Cornell B	Columbia C	0	10	0	10
NYU A	John Jay College	10	10	10	30
Johns Hopkins A	Rutgers A	0	10	10	20
NYU B	George Washington A	0	10	0	10
George Washington B	Penn A	10	10	0	20
Yale A	Vassar A	0	10	10	20
Cornell D	ESF A	10	10	0	20
RIT A	Cornell C	10	10	0	20
RIT B	Binghamton A	0	10	0	10
Maryland B	Penn B	0	0	10	10