Famous Explorers
Who sailed to the Americas in 1492?
What is...Christopher Columbus
What did European explorers use to travel across oceans?
What is...ships
Which European country conquered Mexico?
What is...Spain
Name one food that came from the Americas to Europe.
What is...Corn, potatoes or tomatoes
What were large farms that grew crops for profit called?
What is...plantations
Who started a navigation school in Portugal?
What is...Prince Henry
Name one reason Europeans wanted to explore.
What is...Wealth, trade, or religion
What powerful Native American empire lived in Mexico?
What is...the Aztec Empire
What animal did Europeans bring to the Americas that Native Americans began using for transportation?
What is...horses
What continent did many enslaved people brought to the Americas come from?
What is...Africa
Who led the first expedition to sail around the world?
What is...Ferdinand Magellan
What religion did many Europeans explorers want to spread?
What is...Christianity
Which European country established the colony of Virginia?
What is...England
What three things were exchanged between Europe and the Americas?
What is...plants, animals, and diseases
What was the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic called?
What is...the Middle passage
Who tried to start an English colony in Virginia?
What is...Sir Walter Raleigh
What were two valuable goods Europeans wanted from Asia?
What is...Spices and silk
Which European country established New France?
What is...France
What was the exchange of goods, animals, and diseases between the Americas and other continents called?
What is...Columbian Exchange
What trading system connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
What is...the Triangular trade
Who led the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire?
What is...Hernan Cortes
What two islands did Vikings settle before traveling to North America?
What is...Iceland and Greenland
What treaty divided overseas lands between Spain and Portugal?
What is...Treaty of Tordesillas
What caused millions of Native Americans to die after Europeans arrived?
What is...diseases such as smallpox
What Spanish system forced Native Americans to provide labor or tribute to colonists?
What is...the Encomienda system