Spanish Exploration
Greatest of the conquistadors
Who is Hernando Cortes?
Started a school of navigation
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
Discovered the Hudson River and Hudson Bay
Who is Henry Hudson?
Tool used to determine direction
What is a compass?
Continent that the Europeans were trying to get to that cause the Age of Exploration to begin
What is Asia?
European explorer that discovered the Grand Canyon
First European to reach India by sailing around Africa
Who is Vasco da Gama?
Led the Jamestown settlement making it successful
Who is John Smith?
Ship that is light and maneuverable and was used during the Age of Exploration
Balboa was the first European to see this place upon crossing the Isthmus of Panama
What is the Pacific Ocean?
First European to cross the Isthmus of Panama
Who is Vasco de Balboa?
Concluded there was an all water route to Asia after being the first European to round the tip of Africa
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
River that Cartier explored
What is the St. Lawrence River?
The conquerors from Spain
What are conquistadors?
Place that da Gama got to by sailing around Africa
What is India?
First European to discover the Mississippi River
Who is Hernando de Soto?
This thing divided the exploring world between Spain and Portugal
What is the Line of Demarcation?
Founded the city of Quebec
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
The economic system in which a nation sought to acquire wealth
What is mercantilism?
Nation who's first permanent settlement in the "New World" was in Canada
What is France?
Who is Bartolome de Las Casas?
The person that established the Line of Demarcation
Who is Pope Alexander VI?
First European explorer (excluding the Vikings) to set foot on the North American continent
Who is John Cabot?
The economic system in which an individual sought to advance wealth
What is capitalism?
The tip of Africa
What is the Cape of Good Hope?