EUROPEAN EXPLORATION
EXPLORERS A
EXPLORERS B
EXPLORERS C
EXPLORERS D
100
What are the three reasons for exploration (3 G's)
What is gold, glory, god
100
Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in ____________ (what year?)
What is 1492
100
Which explorer founded Florida?
Who is Ponde de Leon
100
Which explorer discovered the St. Lawrence River?
Who is Jacques Cartier
100
The King and Queen of ______________ funded the voyage for Christopher Columbus?
What is Spain
200
What were explorers looking for? They were attracted to the silks and spices.
What are new trade routes.
200
What explorer did America get its name?
What is Amerigo Vespucci
200
Which state is called Flowery Easter?
What is Florida
200
Which explorer founded Montreal?
Who is Jacques Cartier
200
In what year did Amerigo Vespucci make his voyage to the new world?
What is 1501
300
A theory that states a nations power is dependent upon its wealth
What is Mercantilism
300
Which explorer circumnavigated the globe?
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
300
Which explorer was searching for the Seven Cities of Gold?
Who is Hernando de Soto
300
What did Henry Hudson discover?
What is the Hudson Bay
300
In what year did Ferdinand Magellan start his journey around the world?
What is 1519.
400
Where as a country exports (sells) more than they import (buy).
What is favorable trade
400
What ocean did Ferdinand Magellan rename?
What is the Pacific Ocean
400
Which explorer discovered the Mississippi River?
Who is Hernando de Soto
400
What are the names of the 3 ships Christopher Columbus used to sail to the New World.
What is the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria
400
In what year did Ponce de Leon explore Florida?
What is 1513
500
Mercantilism is when a country believes that the more money you have the more _________________ you have.
What is power
500
Which explorer was looking for the Fountain of Youth?
Who is Ponce de Leon
500
Which two explorers were looking for the Northwest Passage?
Who are Jacques Cartier and Henry Hudson
500
What islands did Christopher Columbus land?
What are the Bahamas
500
Who did Hernan Cortes defeat?
What is the Aztecs
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