Vocabulary
Spanish Explorers
Exchange/The Dark Side
Portuguese Explorers
Who/What am I?
100

This word means, "to sail around the world."

circumnavigate

100

Pizarro conquered the Incas by capturing their chief, __________________.

Atahualpa

100

Name the items Europe brought back over FROM America:

Buffalo, Chocolate, tomatoes, turkeys, pumpkins, and vanilla

100

True/False: The Portuguese sailed because they wanted more land.

FALSE

100

What three things were early explorers looking for?

gold, God and glory

200

This ocean's name means "peaceful"

Pacific

200

What is Herman Cortes' known achievement?

He took down the Aztec empire with disease

200

The name of the labor system where Spanish settlers were granted control over Native American labor in exchange for providing protection and conversion to Christianity?

Encomienda

200

What did Bartholomew Dias name the southern tip of Africa where he sailed?

Cape of Good Hope

200

This European country was allowed limited trade with Japan during its period of isolation?

Netherlands (Dutch)

300

The European Explorer who discovered the Mississippi River.

de Soto

300

In 1513, Vasco de Balboa was the first European to see this:

the Pacific Ocean

300

One of the diseases that decimated the Native Americans:

small pox

300

Bartholomew Dias' greatest achievement was this: 

He sailed to the Southern tip of Africa

300

Who am I?

I am an explorer who sailed for Portugal to "solve a maja problem." I also found a sea route to India

Vasco de Gama

400

Economic policy focused on amassing wealth through trade, colonies, and a favorable balance of exports over imports?

Mercantilism

400

in 1492, this man sailed "the ocean blue"...AND what was his greatest achievement?

Christopher Columbus. He opened the doors to the west.

400

Native Americans did not have immunity to what Europeans brought with them:

diseases

400

The Portuguese wanted to explore the world because they....

needed new trade routes

400

The reason Japan gave for its policy of isolation starting in the 1630s?

To limit the influence of Christianity and foreigners

500

The primary resource sought by the French in North America, leading to trade alliances with Native Americans?

Fur

500

He was the first sailor to circumnavigate the world.

Ferdinand Magellan

500

What was the Japanese policy of limiting foreign influence and trade during the Tokugawa shogunate called?

Sakoku

500

What was Vasco de Gama known for?

He discovered a sea route to the East

500

Who am I?  I am the Spanish explorer who searched for the Fountain of Youth in Florida?

Juan Ponce de Leon

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