Scientific knowledge and tools
Technology
Narrow strip of land that connects two large land areas.
Isthmus
Church sent religious teachers
Missionaries
What group of Europeans reached North America about 500 years before Columbus
The Vikings
Which empire did the army of Hernando Cortes in Mexico?
The Aztec
Science of planning and following a route
Navigation
Agreement between countries
Treaty
Route from Europe to Asia
Northwest Passage
What does the word technology mean?
Scientific knowledge and Tools
Explored and claimed for Spain much of the southern half of what is now the United States
Hernando de Soto
Lands ruled by the nation that won control of them.
Empire
Large sums of money
Grants
Rebelled
Mutiny
Which Europeans nation sponsored Columbus's expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492?
Spain
Explored and claimed for Spain what is now the state of Florida
Jaun Ponce de Leon
Effort made to achieve or gain something
Cost
Conquerors
Beads cut from seashells
Wampum
Which of the following was the main reason Columbus sailed west from Europe?
Find more direct water route to Asia.
Explored and claimed for Holland much of what is now the State of New York and Surrounding areas.
Henry Hudson
Benefit
Changes
Reforms
Large group of governments working together
Confederation
Who was the leader of the first expedition to sail around the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
What year did Columbus sail and land in what is now known as South America
1492