Spanish Explorers
This Spanish explorer is credited as the first European to sail to the Western Hemisphere in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This French explorer explored the Mississippi River and wanted to spread Catholicism.
Who is Jacques Marquette?
Name one food that was brought from the Americas to Europe
What is corn, potatoes, tomatoes, squash, turkeys, cocoa?
Which English explorer discovered the river that now bears his name and a large bay in northeastern North America?
Who is Henry Hudson?
What were the three G’s that motivated many Spanish explorers? List them.
What is Gold, Glory, and God?
This conquistador led an expedition that defeated the Aztec civilization while searching for gold.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
This French explorer searched for the Northwest Passage and explored areas of present-day Canada and the St. Lawrence River.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
Name one disease Europe/Africa/Asia to the Americas.
What is Smallpox?
What was the obsession with the Northwest Passage and was it discovered during this time period?
Explorers wanted to find a quicker route to Asia that connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and no it was not discovered until the early 1900's.
What was the fur trade and which European country was most involved in it?
The fur trade was exchanging beaver furs from Native Americans to Europe for goods; France was most involved.
He led an expedition that was the first to sail all the way around the world (though he died during the voyage). Name him.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
He explored inland waterways after Cartier and is credited with founding Quebec. He also has a lake named after him. Name him.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
Why is this transfer of plants, animals, people, diseases, and ideas called the "Columbian" Exchange? Include the year associated with Columbus's first voyage.
Because Columbus’s voyages (beginning in 14921492) opened sustained contact and trade across the Atlantic between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Name one major geographic feature Coronado is credited with being the first European to reach or see.
What are the Grand Canyon or Colorado River?
Name two items that moved from Europe, Africa, or Asia to the Americas that changed daily life for Native Americans.
Examples: Horses, cattle, diseases like smallpox, grains, onions.
This Spanish soldier and conquistador is best known for conquering the Inca Empire in South America. Name him!
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
This explorer was the first European to see New York Bay and Narragansett Bay. Who is he?
Who is Giovanni da Verrazzano?
Name one animal Europe/Africa/Asia to the Americas.
What are horses, rats, cattle?
Which explorer’s voyage helped Europeans realize the world was larger than previously thought because his trip circled the globe?
Who is Magellan?
Give one positive and one negative impact the Spanish had on the Western Hemisphere.
Positive: Claimed new lands for Spain and spread Spanish culture and language; Negative: Spread of diseases that killed many indigenous people and forced cultural change.
This Spanish explorer traveled overland through the southwestern parts of what is now the United States searching for cities of gold and was the first European to reach the Colorado River and see the Grand Canyon.
Who is Francisco Vázquez de Coronado?
Explain one major reason the French traded with Native Americans and one way their relationship differed from the Spanish toward Native Americans.
Reason: to obtain beaver furs for hats and trade goods; Difference: generally more cooperative trade relationships with Native Americans and more respectful interactions compared with Spanish conquerors.
Describe two long-term effects (one positive and one negative) of the Columbian Exchange on the people living in the Americas
Positive: introduction of new staple crops that increased food diversity and calories in diets worldwide; Negative: introduction of diseases like smallpox that devastated indigenous populations and slave trade.
Match each explorer to the region they explored: Columbus, Hudson, Cartier, Marquette
The Caribbean/Western Hemisphere, the Hudson River, the St. Lawrence River/Canada, the Mississippi River
Columbus-Caribbean/Western Hemisphere
Hudson- Hudson River
Cartier- St. Lawrence River/Canada
Marquette- Mississippi River
Talk about the differences in approach to converting Native Americans between the French and the Spanish missionaries.
The Spanish were much crueler, often threatening Native Americans to convert to Catholicism or else... The French missionaries had a much better relationship with Native Americans and were not demanding. Many missionaries often lived with the Native Americans at times.