Explorers
Christopher Columbus sailed for
Spain
The Columbian Exchange was the movement of things across what ocean?
Atlantic
A person who buys and sells goods is called a ____________.
merchant
A large area of land given by Spain to loyal settlers was called an ____________________________.
encomienda
The Northwest Passage was important because whoever controlled it would control ____________________________.
the trade
Juan Ponce de León explored
Florida
Food from the Americas made European diets healthier or unhealthier?
healthier
The science of finding a ship’s location and direction is called ____________________________.
Navigation
A person given a large estate in New Netherland for bringing settlers was called a ____________________________.
patroon
The Northwest Passage was a route Europeans believed would cross through ____________________________.
North America
Hernando de Soto discovered the _______ River.
Mississippi
A positive effect of the Columbian Exchange for Native Americans was that ____________________________ changed the way they hunted.
horses
A person forced to work without pay and without freedom is ____________________________.
enslaved
A sea route Europeans believed would cross North America was called the ____________________________.
Northwest Passage
The ____________________________ was used to measure the height of stars in the sky.
astrolabe
Jacques Cartier sailed for
France
A negative effect of the Columbian Exchange for Native Americans was that ____________________________ killed many Native people.
European diseases
A person who tries to spread religious beliefs is called a ____________________________.
missionary
The movement of people, plants, animals, and diseases across the Atlantic Ocean is known as The _______________.
Columbian Exchange
The ____________________________ was used to help steer ships more easily.
Stern Rudder
Francisco Coronado hoped to find the
7 cities of gold
The Columbian Exchange was the movement of _______, _______, _______, and ________.
people, plants, animals, and diseases
A person, group, or nation that works with another is an ____________________________.
ally
helped sailors know direction at sea
compass
Europeans explored new lands mainly to find new ____________________________ routes.
trade