Seeking Route to Asia
Spanish Conquistadors
French Explorers
Global Issues
Miscellaneous
100
Explored Caribbean Islands
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
This soldier-adventurer claimed Mexico for Spain after defeating the Aztecs.
Who was Cortes?
100
Introduced tobacco to the Jamestown colony
Who is John Rolfe?
100
His crew was the first to circumnavigate the earth
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
100
Three reasons for European exploration
What is God, Glory, and Gold?
200
First European to see tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope)
Who is Diaz?
200
This soldier-adventurer explored northern Mexico and Brazil for Spain.
Who is da Vaca?
200
French explorer who was instrumental in developing the colony of New France
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
200
Term for the slave journey from Africa to the Americas
What is the Middle Passage?
200
New form of ship that carried heavier cargo and sailed longer distances
What is the caravel?
300
Explored Newfoundland and east coast of North America
Who is Cabot?
300
Looking for gold, this soldier-adventurer went to Peru and conquered the Incas.
Who is Pizarro?
300
Economic term for a mother country using resources from colonies to stockpile gold and silver
What is mercantilism?
300
Two locations for sugarcane plantations in the Americas
What is the coastal islands of Brazil and the Caribbean
300
Navigation instrument used to determine latitude based upon the position of the sun on the horizon
What is the astrolabe?
400
Portuguese explorer who sailed around the tip of Africa to India nd return with spices
Who is Vasco de Gama?
400
Also, looking for gold, this soldier-adventurer found the Mississippi River and explored Central America.
Who is de Soto?
400
Two leaders who were instrumental in the founding of the colony of Rhode Island
Who is Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams?
400
Chinese explorer who made seven voyages in the 1400s
Who is Zheng He?
400
First representative government in the North American colonies
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
500
Portuguese explorer who was the firsr European to explore Brazil.
Who was Cabral?
500
This soldier-adventurer was looking for the golden city in the southwestern part of North America.
Who is Coronado?
500
Founder of the colony of Connecticut
Who is Thomas Hooker?
500
Island under the control of the Dutch as they took over the spice trade in southeast Asia
What is Java?
500
Another name for the Spice Islands
What is the Moluccas?
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