Explorers
New World
Old World
Effects of Exploration
Reasons to Explore
100
The definition of "conquistador"

Conqueror

100

The two continents that make up the New World

North America and South America

100

We think of sushi and rice when we think of this continent

Asia

100

"Cash" crop that is used to sweeten food

Sugarcane

100

The three "G's" of exploration

God, Gold, Glory

200

This explorer has the Columbian Exchange named after him and called native Americans "Indians"

Christopher Columbus

200

Name one language the New World speaks today

English, Spanish, French, Portuguese 

200

The continent is known for exploration and world wars

Europe

200

This thing caused thousands of people from both the Old World and New World to die

Disease

200

Reason that countries searched for a Northwest Passage

Faster trade

300

This conquistador conquered the Aztecs

Hernan Cortes

300

The mountain range that spans from the north to the south in South America

The Andes

300

This continent produced slaves for the New World

Africa

300

An animal that Native Americans found very useful and allowed the Plains Indians to move West

Horses

300

Ferdinand Magellan's goal

Be the first to sail around the World

400

This explorer defied orders and searched for the Northwest Passage

Henry Hudson

400

The isthmus that connects North and South America

Central America

400

This Old World country sent many explorers and eventually settled Brazil

Portugal

400
New technology in the New World that allowed easier farming

The plow

400

The country that sponsored Columbus's journeys

Spain

500

This explorer discovered that Columbus had found a new world

Amerigo Vespucci

500

The passage that Henry Hudson, John Cabot and Jacques Cartier searched for

The Northwest Passage

500

This Old World held the best spices of the world

Asia

500

A bird that came from the New World

The turkey
500

Hernan Cortes defied orders and went here

Mexico

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