VOCABULARY
a journey of a group of people for a specific purpose
What is an EXPEDITION?
Queen Isabella of Spain
Who sponsored Columbus' expedition to find a route to Asia?
Who was the queen of Spain that financed Columbus's voyage?
Who was Queen Isabella.
I explored Canada and traded with the Huron Indians there. We brought back beaver furs (to be made into hats) for the French. In return, we gave the Hurons metal knives and kettles from Europe.
Who is JACQUES CARTIER?
Gold, silver, spices and silks
What wee examples of the riches that the explorers were lookig for in Asia?
a small community of people living in a new place
What is a SETTLEMENT?
Italian
What was Christopher Columbus' nationality?
The first explorer to sail completely around the world, or circumnavigate, by traveling west around South America.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
I was sent by the Dutch to search for the Northwest Passage. I reached New York and sailed north up the river ( to waht is now Albany). I started a colony in the area north of NYC for the Netherlands. Today, you can cross this river, named after me, to reach NJ from NY.
Who is HENRY HUDSON?
Having more land than another country
What made one country more powerful than other?
the planning of sailing routes, moving through bodies of water
What is NAVIGATION?
San Salvador, or what is today considered the Bahamas
Where did the first journey of Colubus land when he and his crew headed west from Europe?
the country that was Spain's competitor in the race to discover the Western Hemisphere and control new lands
What was PORTUGAL?
I was sent by France in 1608, to start a settlement along the St Lawrence RIver in Canada. I set up a fur-trading post there that became the first permanent French settlement in Canada (Quebec).
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
These were the three main reasons that European Explorers wanted to explore the New World.
What was meant by Gold, Glory and God?
an area of land that is ruled by another country
What is a COLONY?
by sailing west from Europe he could reach Asia
What was Coumbus' thinking that was incorrect?
Conquistadors
What were the Spanish explorers or "conquerers" called?
As an Italian sea captain, I was sent to search for the Northwest Passage by France. I explored the east cost of North America and the area that is now called New York City today. A bridge is named in my honor.
Who is GIOVANNI DE VERRAZANO?
Weather conditions, sickness, long stays at sea, unhappy crews
What were some of the obstacles explorers needed to overcome during long voyages to the New World?
An imaginary line on the globe that measures something NORTH or SOUTH of the equator
What is LATITUDE?
belief that Columbus was an invader versus an explorer
What was the controversy about Columbus' legacy?
- or -
Why some think Columbus' discovery of the New World should NOT be celebrated?
Who was the King of the Aztecs?
WHo was Montezuma II?
I was a Spanish explorer who is best known for leading the first expedition into the southeastern part of the United States. I reached the Mississippi River.
Who is HERNANDO DE SOTO?
how the native people in the New World came to be called "Indians" by Columbus
What was the name Columbus gave to the people he met thinking he had arrived in India, (when he had miscalculated and had landed in the Carribean)?