Vocabulary
A person who trades, buys and sells good to earn a living
Who is a Merchant
Wrote a book about his time in Asia and inspired the Age of Exploration
Marco Polo
A French explorer who looked for the Northwest passage, find gold and claim land for France in 1534.
Jacques Cartier
They explored North Americia before Christopher Columbus
The names of Mrs. Gemberling's children?
What Helen and Gavin
The process of planning out a route or direction to travel
What is navigation
Sailed with 3 ships and 90 men in 1492 to find a new route to Asia
Christopher Columbus
He is an Italian explorer who sailed along the coast of North America from the Carolina's to Newfoundland.
Giovanni de Verrazzano
A water route between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean - Along the northern coast of north America.
What is the Northwest Passage?
The reasons that Europeans set out to explore that world and look for new routes to Asia.
What is gold, God and Glory?
A small fast Spanish or Portuguese ship is called
A caravel
A young merchant from Italy who sailed for Henry VII
John Cabot
He has more water named after him than any other person in history.
Henry Hudson
A Spanish explorer and conqueror
What is a conquistador?
He was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the mountains of Panama
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
A journey of voyage by a group of people with a particular goal called
Expedition
The first Eurpoean to cross the Mississippi River in 1541
Hernando de Soto
He sailed for the Dutch and changed course without permission but finally found land!
Henry Hudson
A narrow strip of land that connect two larger land masses.
What is an isthmus?
He traveled for 3 years and explored the southeastern region of North America
Hernando de Soto
An instrument of measurement for time designed to keep accurate time.
What is a chronometer?
A noble men who sailed around the southern mos tip of Africa in 1488.
Bartholomeu Dias
The first European to "discover" the "New World"
Leif Erickson
A tool that measures the position of the stars and sun.
What is an astrolabe?
The native peoples fooled him into thinking he was returning to France with real gold
Who is Jacques Cartier