Explorers
Explored for Spain, known for "discovering" America
Who is Columbus?
What did these desires lead to?
1. To expand into new lands especially to trade.
2. To acquire goods
3. To spread Christianity
What is The Age of Exploration?
The Portuguese explorer who was the first to reach the tip of Africa.
Who is Bartholomeu Dias?
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?
Three items the early explorers wanted from Asia.
What are spices, silk, porcelain, tea, precious stones,
"The Navigator" who built a sailing school in Portugal to develop faster ships, new sailing equipment, and more accurate maps.
Who is Prince Henry "The Navigator"?
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 technological advancement in sailing was new and improved sailing vessels?
What are caravels (triangle sails)?
A person who makes maps
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What is a cartographer?
Three countries that sent explorers to the "New World."
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France, England, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands,
Where did Christopher Columbus's first voyage land? (Specific Name)
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Bahamas
Which European country was the first to send out explorers?
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What is Portugal?
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?
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What is a Colony?
Which animal brought to the new world had the greatest impact on the Native Americans?
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What is horse?
The map maker from whom America gets its name.
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Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
First explorer to attempt to circumnavigate the earth
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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
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What is circumnavigate?
An economic system whereby the mother country gets the raw materials from the colony and then ships the manufactured goods back to the colony for sale.
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What is Mercantilism?
Explorer working for England who explored North America looking for the Northwest Passage.
Who is Henry Hudson?
Trading posts in the interior regions of North America along the Mississippi were established by which Europeans?
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Who are the French?
What did European exploration in the New World via Africa bring during the Columbia Exchange?
Who are African Slaves?
Who destroyed the Aztec and Incan Empires?
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What is the Spanish?
Conquerors (Spanish-Americas) who used God to justify their attacks
Who are conquistadors?
The trade route that included slaves, tobacco, and rum.
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What is the triangular trade?