European Explorers
Which Viking explorer was one of the first Europeans to reach North America?
Who is Leif Ericsson?
What two continents received crops such as corn and potatoes from the Americas during the Columbian Exchange?
What are Europe and Asia?
What is a plantation?
What is a large farm that grows crops for profit?
What country did the conquistadors come from?
What is Spain?
What was one of Prince Henry's main goals for opening his school?
A. To train soldiers for war
B. To teach people how to build castles
C. To improve sea travel and exploration
D. To teach American Indians Christianity
What is C?
Which Portuguese explorer was the first to sail around the southern tip of Africa?
Who is Bartolemeu Dias?
What animal did Europeans bring to the Americas that helped American Indians travel, hunt, and carry heavy loads?
What is a horse?
What is an expedition?
What is a journey made for a specific purpose, such as exploration?
What empire did Hernán Cortés conquer in 1521?
What is the Aztec empire?
Around what year did Prince Henry open his school for navigation and mapmaking?
A. 1492
B. 1419
C. 1519
D. 1600
What is B?
Which explorer reached India by sailing around Africa and crossing the Indian Ocean?
Who is Vasco da Gama?
What three crops from the Americas became important foods in other parts of the world?
What are corn, potatoes, and tomatoes?
What is a patron?
What is a person who gives money to support another person or cause?
What city did the Spanish build on the ruins of Tenochtitlán?
What is Mexico City?
Which group of people worked together at Prince Henry's school?
A. Farmers, soldiers, and merchants
B. Kings, queens, and conquistadors
C. Missionaries, priests, and farmers
D. Sailors, scholars, mapmakers, and shipbuilders
What is D?
Which Spanish explorer searched for gold and riches in present-day New Mexico and Arizona but never found the treasure?
Who is Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
What disease brought by Europeans killed many American Indians because they had little natural immunity?
What are smallpox and measles?
What is an empire?
What is a group of nations or people ruled by one leader?
What was the name of the Aztec ruler whom Hernán Cortés captured and held prisoner?
Who is Moctezuma?
Which Spanish explorer led an expedition through the southeastern United States with 10 ships and 700 men?
A. Hernando de Soto
B. Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
C. Juan Ponce de León
D. Hernán Cortés
What is A?
Which explorer led a voyage that became the first to sail around the world but died in the Philippines before it was completed?
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
What crop brought to the Americas became very profitable and led Europeans to establish large plantations that relied on enslaved workers?
What is sugarcane?
What is an epidemic?
What is when a disease spreads quickly and affects many people?
What were two major reasons the American Indian population decreased after the Spanish conquest?
What were diseases and warfare?
Which of these events happened first?
A. Columbus reached the Caribbean
B. Cortés conquered the Aztec Empire
C. Bartolomeu Dias sailed around Africa's southern tip
D. Magellan began his voyage around the world
What is C?