Christopher Columbus
What country did Columbus sail for?
Spain
What explorer from Portugal set sail for Asia first?
Bartolomeu Dias
Christopher Columbus set sail for the Americas. True or False
False
An entrepreneur that invests money wants to make a ________.
profit
Jacques Cartier was an explorer that found Canada for what country?
France
What direction did Columbus sail to find Asia?
West
Cape of Good Hope
The Americas are in between what two oceans?
Pacific and Atlantic
When a country exports goods, it is __________ them.
selling
What conquistador explorer found Mexico?
Hernan Cortes
What was the name later used to identify the Americas?
New World
What explorer from Portugal sailed around Africa and found India?
Vasco da Gama
Name two of the four Americas.
North, Meso, Central, South
In mercantilism, a _________ sends goods like crops to a country to sell.
colony
What was grown in large amounts because so many people wanted them?
cash crop
The trading of goods between the Americas, Europe, and Africa.
Columbian Exchange
What explorer sailed for Spain and found Peru?
Francisco Pizarro
Name two countries on mainland North America.
Canada, United States, Mexico
In mercantilism, a country wants to gain as much ______ and ______ as possible.
gold, silver
Who had the largest empire in the Americas?
Spain
How many boats did Columbus first use to reach the Americas?
3
What explorer circumnavigated the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
What place did Ferdinand Magellan go through to reach the Pacific Ocean?
Straits of Magellan, strait
It became expensive to pay skilled workers so _______ were paid in the cottage industry.
peasants
Name two cash crops from the textbook.
sugarcane, tobacco, cotton, coffee