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Extraordinary Explorers
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A trip made for a special reason, such as to find treasure or explore a new place
What is an expedition?
100
A place ruled by another country
What is a a colony?
100
A Spanish explorer who conquered large areas of North and South America for Spain
What is a conquistador?
100
When he set sail west across the Atlantic Ocean, he reached the Bahamas
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
Spanish colonists built religious settlements called
What is a mission?
200
The money left over after costs are paid
What is a profit?
200
a settlement, built by a church, from which people teach religion to others
What is a mission?
200
the practice of owning other people and forcing them to do work
What is slavery?
200
His book made Europeans more interested in travel to Asia
Who was Marco Polo?
200
Spanish settlers forced these people to work on farms and mines
Who are the American Indians?
300
A violent uprising to change the government, many Indians did this against the Spanish
What is a revolt?
300
the act of entering a country by force
What is an invasion?
300
Explorers were looking for this because they wanted to find a faster way to bring back riches from Asia through North America
What is the Northwest Passage?
300
They paid for Columbus' voyage because they hoped he would find riches such as gold
Who is King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain?
300
Spanish settlers imported these people because they needed workers to replace the American Indians who died
Who are enslaved Africans?
400
To travel completely around the world
What is circumnavigate?
400
The science of determining a ship's location and direction
What is navigation?
400
During the Columbian Exchange, Columbus brought back this to Europe
What are potatoes?
400
They made an important contribution to trade when they found a sea route to Asia?
Who were the Portuguese?
400
He was a famous conquistador who defeated the Aztecs of Mexico and reclaimed it New Spain
Who was Hernan Cortes?
500
A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time.
What is an epidemic?
500
a community of people smaller than a town
What is a settlement?
500
When he set sail from Spain in 1519, he wanted to cross the Pacific Ocean and return to Spain. His crew was the first to circumnavigate the world!
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
500
People who buy goods, and sell them for a profit. Many Europeans traveled along the Silk Road to sell spices in Europe.
Who are merchants?
500
800+ years ago, silk and spices from China traveled by caravan on this
What is the Silk Road?
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