EXPLORATION
VOCABULARY
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 Jacques Cartier?
French Explorer
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?
What was Christopher Columbus' nationality?
Italian
The first explorer to sail completely around the world, or circumnavigate, by traveling west around South America.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
Who was Montezuma II?
The King of the Aztec Empire.
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?
Tenochtitlan is now which city?
Mexico City
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?
What does circumnavigate mean?
To sail around the world
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?
Where was Cortes from?
Spain
I had 500 men with me when I reached Tenochtitlan.
Who is HERNAN CORTES?
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)?