Early Exploration
A Changing World
Spanish Exploration
Other Countries
Vocabulary
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Who started a school of navigation?
 Prince Henry
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Who sailed for Spain and had the newly discovered continents named after him?


 Amerigo Vespucci

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Who claimed Florida for Spain while searching for the Fountain of Youth?
 Ponce de Leon
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What is the route that many thought could be a shortcut through North America to Asia?
The Northwest Passage
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What is a journey for the purpose of exploring?
expedition
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Who sailed west three times to find a western route to Asia?
 Christopher Columbus
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Who sailed for England and discovered Newfoundland in Canada?

 John Cabot (or Giovanni Caboto)

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Who conquered the Aztec Indians and founded Mexico City as a base for the Spanish empire?
 Hernando Cortez
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Whose crew mutinied after their ship was stuck in ice.
Henry Hudson
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What is the method of planning and controlling the course of a ship?
navigation
300
Where would you learn ship building, map making, and using navigational tools in the 1400's?
 Prince Henry's school of Navigation.
300
Who traveled to Panama hidden in a barrel and was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
300
Why did the Aztec Indians welcomed Cortez and his men into their city?
They thought he was a god.
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Who sailed for France and explored the area around the St. Lawrence River while searching for the Northwest Passage?
Jacques Cartier
300
Who is a person sent from a church to teach it's religion?
missionary
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What are astrolabe, compass, and maps?
navigational tools
400
Who had the first expedition to successfully travel around the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
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Who claimed land in the Southwest US while looking for the Cities of Gold?
Francisco Coronado
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Who started the settlement of Quebec along the St. Lawrence River?
Jacques Cartier
400
What is money given for a specific purpose?
grant
500
What is a person that starts their own business?
 an entrepreneur
500
Whose discovery made the greatest change in the maps of the time?
 Amerigo Vespucci
500
Who explored the southeast region and the Mississippi River?
Hernando de Soto
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Who is the Dutch explorer who sailed for Holland and claimed much land around what is now New York?
Henry Hudson
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What are a collection of lands controlled by the country that conquered them?
an empire
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