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Name the "Lost Colony" of the Carolinas.
Roanoke
Which European nation first discovered a sea route to Asia?
Portugal
What did the French call the modern-day region of Canda?
New France
Name this adventurer who wrote Description of the World about his adventures in China.
Marco Polo
What European nation dominated the exploration of the New World?
Spain
Who was Geneva's most influential teacher and a man who was instrumental in the Protestant Reformation?
John Calvin
Francisco de Coronado discovered what?
Grand Canyon
What was the purpose of Pope Alexander VI's "Line of Demarcation?"
to settle the debate over who could explore and claim land in the New World/Western Hemisphere
Name the Italian explorer who sailed for England and discovered Newfoundland.
John Cabot
Why is Virginia Dare famous?
She was first English child born in America
Name the one-legged governor of New Netherlands.
Peter Stuyvesant
Who discovered the Mississippi River?
Hernando de Soto
Who ruled Spain when the English defeated the Spanish Armada?
King Phillip II
The Spanish explorer whose crew circumnavigated the globe was _________________.
Ferdinand Magellan
Name the British sea captain considered a pirate by the Spanish; this man led the English against the Spanish Armada.
Sir Francis Drake
Name the body of water which some historians think people used to cross from Asia to North America.
Bering Strait
Who are the Mound Builders?
Adena and Hopewell Indians who developed what is now the American Midwest
People who participated in the crusades brought back products from __________resulting in an increased desire for trade with countries in this region.
Asia
The Portuguese explorer who sailed to India and obtained a profitable cargo of spices was ____.
Vasco de Gama
Sir Walter Raleigh financed new settlements in ______.
New World
What were two cultural achievements of the Mound Builder Indians?
continent-wide trading and construction of mounds
What economic system was based on building national power by amassing a surplus of gold?
mercantilism
Name three innovations which European explorers to extend their travels to the New World as well as uncharted lands.
compass, caravel, and astrolabe
Name the ENGLISH sea captain who circumnavigated the world.
Sir Francis Drake
Which Indian people built their capital city on the site of modern-day Mexico City?
Aztecs