Explorers
His name was Giovani Cabotto
John Cabot
Sailed for Spain and discovered modern day Bahamas
Christopher Columbus
New France now known as
Canada
Prolonged war between Christians and Muslims that influenced exploration of the new world
Crusades
Discovered New York
Henry Hudson
British admiral who inspired the "sea dogs"
Sir Francis Drake
first spanish colony in modern day Florida
St. Augustine
flow of goods between europe and the Americas
Columbian exchange
Discovered the Aztec Empire
Hernando Cortes
A german mapmaker named a continent after him
Amerigo Vespucci
Lost colony
Roanoke
name of the army assembled by the spanish to defeat the british
spanish armada
His writings influenced most of the explorers of the new world
Marco Polo
in 1541 he discovered the Mississippi River
Hernando de Soto
Stretch of water where the british beat the spanish due to the "Protestant Wind"
The English Channel
name of the ship explorers used
caravel
Embarked on a journey which covered Mexico and most of the southwestern United States
Francisco de Coronado
Captain who helped the Jamestown colony achieve discipline in order to survive.
Captain John Smith
Boundary established by the pope dividing the world in half
line of demarcation
tool explorers used to measure the earth's latitude
astrolabe