Explorers
The first person to land in the 'new world'.
Who is Leif Erickson or Christopher Columbus?
The early explorers were all looking for this.
What is a westward passage to India?
Name one of the three things that the conquistadors had over the Native Americans.
What is horses, guns, or disease?
This economic theory influenced the European exploration and settlement of North America.
What is mercantilism?
This person led a group of Viking explorers and established a temporary settlement near present-day Newfoundland (in Canada).
Who is Leif Erickson?
He sailed the globe in 1519.
Who is Magellan?
Most explorers were trying to go.
hint: The New World is not the answer...
Where is Asia?
One benefit of claiming new land is for the European Crowns.
What is money, power, or control?
The English explorer tried to find a northwest passage but was left for dead by his crew.
Who is Henry Hudson?
Name one tribe or nation in central Mexico/South America.
Who are the Mayans, Incans,or Aztec?
One of the 2 countries that funded early exploration.
What are Portugal, Italy, or Spain?
Early Explorers thought they would fall off the face of the earth.
True or False
What is false?
He sailed the ocean blue in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Horses, guns, and these were the greatest weapons the Conquistadors had over the natives.
What is disease?
This explorer died in battle in the Philippines.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This was what Cortes was looking for.
What is Gold?
This is where Christopher Columbus landed.
Where is the Bahamas?
The Americas are named after him.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
The conquistador who conquered the Incan empire.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
The first explorer to see the Pacific Ocean.
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
Name three famous early explorers.
Who are...Marco Polo, Lief Erickson, Cartier, Christopher Columbus, Coronado, Drake, Champlain, Hudson...?
The ocean that separates Europe from the New World.
What is the Atlantic?
Name a natural resource.
What are oil, coal, natural gas, metals, stone, sand, air, sunlight, soil, and water?
The conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire.
Who is Hernan Cortez?
She is the coolest teacher ever.
Who is Ms. Pfeil?