Mixed Up
Indigenous
1st people to live in a place
Event leading to Age of Exploration
Ottoman Turks captured Turkey and cut off the trade route between Europe and Asia
What was Columbus' unique idea that led to his contribution to the Age of Discovery?
To sail west to get to the East (Asia)
Who led the way for Spanish exploration of the New World?
Christopher Columbus
Why did the French settle in North America - what did they want from North America?
To make money from the fur trade with the Native Americans
How long is a century?
100 years
Four types of technology needed for the Age of Discovery
Instrumentation, cartography (map making), new ships, and navigation
Who paid for Columbus’ voyages? What country was this?
Queen Isabella of Spain
Where did Spain establish or set-up colonies in the New World?
South America, Central America, the Caribbean, Florida, Deep South, Texas, California, Southwest, Mexico
Describe the relationship that the French had with the Natives in North America.
The French traded furs with the Natives providing both of them, the French and the Natives, with good profits - they had a good relationship and helped each other
1986 occurred in what century?
20th
What did Henry the Navigator start that made the Age of Discovery possible?
Started a school for navigation
Where did Columbus try to sail to?
Asia
What was Spain’s first competition in the New World?
Portugal
What French explorer started a French colony on the Saint Lawrence River?
Samuel de Champlain
What continent is the USA on?
North America
What country was Henry the Navigator from?
Portugal
Where did Columbus think that he had landed?
Asia
What are two ways that the Spanish hurt the indigenous population of the Americas?
They spread diseases like Smallpox and conquered their civilizations killing many
How did the French settlers in North America learn the Native Americans language?
They learned it from the Native Americans as they sent people to live with each other
The New World included what continents?
North and South America
Where was much of the technology needed for the Age of Discovery created?
Where did Columbus land?
San Salvadore in the Bahamas or the Caribbean
Name two indigenous societies that the Spanish conquered.
Aztecs and Incas
Where did Champlain decide to settle?
Quebec