People
They name America after me.
The only colony in the New World belonging to Portugal.
What is Brazil?
The first Europeans to reach the New World.
Who are the Vikings?
Spanish conquerors.
What are Conquistadors?
A very large estate used for farming.
What is a plantation?
What is the motto of exploration?
What is Gold, God, and Glory?
I am given credit for being the first person to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This was the person put in charge of the Spanish colonies.
What is a Viceroy?
This is what early British, French, and Dutch explorers were seeking.
What is the Northwest Passage?
Where Spanish priests lived.
What were missions?
Instrument used by sailors to measure position themselves based on magnetic fields.
What is a compass?
This item exchanged during the Columbian Exchange improved life for the Native Americans.
What is the horse?
I explored twice; the first time for the Dutch, the second time for England.
Who is Henry Hudson?
A group of people settled in a distant land who are still controlled by their Mother Country.
What is a colony?
This nation had a monopoly on trade going in and out of Africa.
What is Portugal?
French settlers in the New World
Fur Trappers
The first Spanish colony in the New World.
What is Hispaniola?
This region in North America was considered Paradise due to its abundance of resources.
What is the Northwest Coast?
I conquered the Aztec Empire
Who is Hernan Cortes?
Describe one result of the Columbian Exchange.
What is Native American population decreased / Global exchange of goods and ideas?
An all water route around North America.
What is the Northwest Passage.
Highest social class in the Spanish colonies.
Who are 100% Spaniards/Peninsulares?
Gave Spanish settlers the right to demand labor and taxes from Native Americans.
What is the Encomienda?
The reason the Aztecs hesitated to fight the Spanish.
What is they thought the Spanish leader (Cortes) was a god?
I asked the Spanish King to pass laws protecting the Native Americans.
Who is Bartolome de Las Casas?
The river along which most of the settlements in New France were located.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
This nation controlled the ocean routes around Africa to India and China
What is Portugal?
Part Spanish and Part Native American.
Who are Mestizos?
The type of government the Iroquois followed under the Great Law of Peace.
What is a Confederacy?
The Iroquois had this social structure in their communities.
What is Matrilineal?