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This man discovered a strait near the southern tip of South America.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This term literally means to circle the earth by ship.
What is CIRCUMNAVIGATION?
The reason why so many Europeans wanted to buy more spices.
What is to flavor and preserve their food?
The first European to discover New Zealand.
Who is Abel Tasman?
He was the first European to sail up the U.S. Atlantic coast.
Who is Giovanni da Verrazano?
One group that is has control over had a market.
What is a MONOPOLY?
Reasons why the land route to Asia was impractical.
What are: it took too long, it was dangerous, it cost too much money?
This colony disappeared mysteriously.
What is ROANOKE COLONY?
Sailed to present day Albany, New York. The river he took is named after him.
Who is Henry Hudson?
Another name for a chain of islands.
What is an ARCHIPELAGO?
The main cause of the deaths of African slaves.
What is DISEASE and POOR CONDITIONS?
The voyage of slaves to America.
What is the MIDDLE PASSAGE?
Sailed for France and established Quebec City.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
The Spanish system that provided cheap labor (essentially slavery) in the New World by selling land along with the native people who lived on it.
What is ENCOMIENDA?
Why Europeans started expeditions.
What is the SPICE TRADE?
Native Americans saved this explorer's life.
Who is JACQUES CARTIER?
Sailed for England and discovered "new found land."
Who is John Cabot?
What happens when sailors rise up and rebel against their captain.
What is a MUTINY?
Who originally brought African slaves to America.
Who are DUTCH PIRATES?
This priest helped to end encomienda.
Who is Bartolomé de Las Casa?