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Chapter 4
What's In a Name?
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A sailor from Spain who explored from 1492-1506
Who is Columbus?
100
A spanish explorer
What is a conquistador?
100
French sailor who traveled down the St. Lawrence River looking for the Northwest Passage.
Who is Jacque Cartier?
100
The term used to call North America by Europeans during the time of the explorers.
What is the New World?
100
The Tornado
Who is Francisco Coronado?
200
Conquered the Aztec Empire
Who is Hernan Cortes?
200
The path that many explorers believed would help them find a quicker route to Asia.
What is the Northwest Passage?
200
A crop that is grown in large quantities for sale.
What is a cash crop?
200
A scientist who studies artifacts to learn about past cultures.
What is an archeologist?
200
Jackwees Carter
Who is Jacques Cartier?
300
The only explorer we studied who's sponsoring nation was Holland.
Who is Henry Hudson?
300
A settlement ruled by another country, not by its own people.
What is a colony?
300
The only soldier we read about.
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
300
An early scientific tool used to observe and calculate the position of the sun and other stars.
What is an astrolabe?
300
Franco de Leon
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
400
An English merchant who reached eastern Canada, and who's cause of death is unknown.
Who is John Cabot?
400
Southeast Asia, including India, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
What is the East Indies?
400
Just like Columbus, he never knew that he reached a continent unknown to Europeans.
Who is John Cabot?
400
Europeans wanted to spread this all over the world.
What is Christianity?
400
Kenny Chesney
Who is Mr. Chesley?
500
A French explorer who's travels were the most recent of the 8 men we read about.
Who is Robert de La Salle? (1666-1684)
500
The time period during which many Europeans were in search of riches, routes to Asia, and attempted to spread Christianity.
What is the Age of Exploration?
500
His crew rebelled against him and sent him afloat in a small boat, never to be seen again.
Who is Henry Hudson?
500
Nation-states wanted to gain more of this for their countries.
What is land, or wealth?
500
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Who is Hernan Cortes?
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