Lesson 1
Who was the explorer who traveled west trying to find the Northwest Passage?
What 3 pieces of technology made that journey possible?
1) Columbus
2) Faster ships, better maps, & the compass
1) Which conquistador conquered the Aztec?
2) Which conquistador conquered the Inca?
2) Francisco Pizarro
1) Which passage were explorers searching for (connecting North America to Asia)?
2) Which explorer found Present Day coast of Newfoundland?
1) Northwest Passage
2) John Cabot
1) Term that means "Paid rent and worked for their lord for a set period each year"
2) Term that means "War fleet"
1) Tenant farmers
2) Armada
1) Who won the Naval battle between France and England?
Who was the explorer who concluded South America was a separate continent and not another piece of Asia?
Amerigo Vespucci
What three factors helped Cortes and Pizarro conquer these massive empires?
Superior Technology, Germs, & local native Americans helped them
Which explorer found the Montreal Mountains?
Jacques Cartier
1) Term that means "towns"
2) Term that means "religious communities"
3) Term that means "fort"
1) Pueblos
2) Missions
3) Presidio
1) Name of company in the Netherland which took over the colony New Netherlands?
2) Which country had a good relationship with the native Americans?
1) Dutch West India Company
2) France
Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
1) Which conquistador looked for the fountain of youth?
2) What state did he serve as governor over?
1) Juan Ponce de Leon
2) Florida
Which explorer found the Hudson Bay? Sailed for both the Netherlands & England
Henry Hudson
1) Term that means "resistance"
2) Term that means "large farm with many workers"
2) Plantations
1) What were the French really interested in?
Natural resources including fur and fish
Who was the Columbian exchange between?
South America/North America and Africa, Asia, Europe
1) Which French leader fought the Spanish in Florida?
2) Which Spanish leader fought the French in Florida?
1) Jean Ribault
2) Pedro Menendez
1) The German monk who criticized the French?
2) What did this lead to?
3) Which country famously separated from the Church?
1) Martin Luther
2) Protestant reformation
3) England
1) Term that means "narrow sea passage"
2) Terms that means "to sail around"
1) strait
2) circumnavigate
1) Who won the conflict between Mendez and Ribault?
2) What state was this over?
1) Mendez
2) Florida
How was the Columbian exchange negative for native Americans?
Germs spread and many Native Americans died of disease
Which conquistador searched for the seven cities of gold but ultimately discovered the buffalo?
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Which explorer claimed territory near the Gulf of Mexico for the French and called it Louisiana
Robert Cavelier
1) Spanish explorers who were allowed to settle lands but they had to give 20 percent of there treasure back to the Spanish
1) Conquistador
What was the name of the queen who sponsored Columbus?
What was he looking for?
1) Queen Isabella
2) A passage to the Indies