Explorers
Who is America named after?
Amerigo Vespucci
Which country sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyage in 1492?
Spain
What did they call the waterway that supposedly connected to Asia through North America?
Northwest Passage
What is an agreement between countries?
Treaty
What were early European explorers looking for?
Western water route to Asia
Who led the expedition to sail around the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
Which explorer crossed the Isthmus of Panama to find the Pacific Ocean?
Vasca Nunez de Balboa
What present-day state did Juan Ponce de Leon land in?
Florida
What is a rebellion against a leader?
Mutiny
Who were sent to convert American Indians to the Catholic religion?
Who explored present southwest US looking for golden cities?
Coronado
Who conquered the Aztecs?
Hernando Cortes
Which present-day country did the Aztec Empire live in?
Mexico
What was the period of changes in the Catholic Church called?
The Reformation
What was Juan Ponce de Leon looking for?
Fountain of Youth
Which explorer and his crew were the first Europeans to cross the Mississippi River?
Hernando de Soto
When the French king wanted to find the Northwest Passage, who was the first explorer he sent?
Giovanni da Verrazano
Which present-day state is the Hudson River in?
New York
What was the name given to the Spanish lands in present-day Mexico, Southwest US, and Florida?
New Spain
Which 2 countries divided the Americas with a treaty in 1494?
Spain and Portugal
Who explored much area near the St. Lawrence River?
Jacques Cartier
Which nation did Henry Hudson claim the Hudson River Valley for?
Holland
Cathay, as China was then called
What connects all points of equal elevation on a map?
Contour line
Name 1 cost and 1 benefit of expeditions for explorers and their sponsors.
Costs: money for ships, crew and supplies; loss of resources during unsuccessful voyages
Benefits: new trade routes, gold, gaining power, claiming new land, spreading Christianity