Explorers
This explorer is known for his 1492 'discovery' of the 'new world' of the Americas on board his ship Santa Maria
Who was Christopher Columbus
Conquistador
A Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire and won Mexico for the crown of Spain.
What is Hernan Cortes
What is a small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th–17th centuries.
What is a Caravel?
Who was the first European to navigate the St. Lawrence River, and his explorations of the river and the Atlantic coast of Canada, on three expeditions from 1534 to 1542, laid the basis for later French claims to North America. Cartier is also credited with naming Canada.
Jacques Cartier
Export
What is goods being sent out of the country for the purpose of selling
What are the three Gs?
What is god, glory, gold?
What is a astrolabe?
What is a multifunctional astronomical instruments and can be used to tell the time, to determine the length of day and night, to simulate the movement of the heavenly bodies, for surveying and for astrological purposes.
Who was a Dutch colonial governor of New Amsterdam who is mainly remembered for his fabulous purchase of Manhattan Island (the nucleus of New York City) from the Indians for trade goods worth a mere 60 guilders
Who was Peter Minuit
Import
What is goods being brought into a country for the purpose of selling
Explain two negative effects of the Columbian Exchange.
What is diseases and Native American population decreasing?
Who is a map maker?
What is a cartographer?
Who was a Portuguese explorer who is credited with masterminding the first expedition to circumnavigate the world.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan
What is the spread of cultural trends across locations. Beliefs, practices, and ideas get shared from person to person, and sometimes even around the world through this diffusion, as happens with viral videos. Many cultural practices are spread by a type of cultural diffusion called expansion diffusion.
What is Cultural Diffusion
What places made up the Old World?
What is Africa, Europe, and Asia?
What is a compass?
What is an instrument containing a magnetized pointer which shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.
Who played a major role in establishing New France from 1603 to 1635. He is also credited with founding Quebec City in 1608. He explored the Atlantic coastline (in Acadia), the Canadian interior and the Great Lakes region.
Who was Samuel de Champlain
What is the process by which plants, animals, diseases, people, and ideas have been introduced from Europe, Asia, and Africa to the Americas and vice versa.
What is Cultural diffusion?
What is a shipping route that connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and makes shipping shorter and cheaper for companies travelling from Asia to North America.
What is the Northwest Passage?
What is an instrument used for taking angular measurements of altitude in astronomy and navigation, typically consisting of a graduated quarter circle and a sighting mechanism.
What is a Quadrant?