Explorers
Explored for Spain, known for "discovering" America
Who is Columbus?
What did these desires lead to?
1. To expand into new lands
2. To acquire goods
3. To spread Christianity
What is The Age of Exploration? European exploration
The Portuguese explorer who was the first to reach the South America.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
Name 1 piece of superior technology brought to the New World by the Europeans to dominate the natives.
What is gun, horses, or steel.
European disease that wiped out more native Americans than any other is what?
What is smallpox?
Discovered the first French settlement.
Who is Samuel de Champlain"?
Disease, starvation, poor maps and navigational tools were all obstacles faced by who?
What are explorers?
Where did the French gain most of their wealth in North America?
What is the fur trade?
What was name of the medicine North America provided to Africa, Europe and South America?
What is quinine?
A narrow passage of water connecting to large bodies (sea or ocean)
What is a strait?
Where did Christopher Columbus's first voyage land? (Specific Name)
Bahamas
Which European country was the first to send out explorers?
What is Portugal? What is Spain?
Name the 2 nations that established settlements in South America in the 1500s.
Who are Spain and Portugal?
What is a settlement in a distant land whose citizens keep close ties to their parent country?
What is a Colony?
When Native American and Europeans mixed their cultures?
What is mestizos?
First explorer to attempt to circumnavigate the earth
Who is Magellan?
What was the main problem the Spanish faced in trying to enslave Native Americans?
What is disease?
True/False:
By the 1400s, Spain, Portugal, England, and France had all found water routes to Asia.
What is False?
Name 2 of the main reasons for conquest in the New World by Europeans.
What is spreading Christianity and making a profit (money)?
To go all the way around the earth
What is circumnavigate?
Explorer working for England who explored North America.
Who is John Cabot?
Trading posts in the interior regions of North America (Canada) along the Mississippi were established by which Europeans?
Who are the French?
What did European exploration in the New World via Africa bring during the Columbia Exchange?
Who are African Slaves?
What 2 things weakened the Incan Empire?
What is smallpox and weapons were not stronger?
Conquerors (Spanish-Americas) who used God to justify their attacks
Who are conquistadors?