Spanish Explorers
English Explorers
French and Portugese Explorers
Miscellaneous
Vocabuary
100
Explored Florida while looking for the fountain of youth
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon
100
Discovered the Hudson River
Who is Henry Hudson
100
Realized that Columbus had found a new world. North and South America named after him.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci
100
curiosity, wealth, religion, fame, national pride, foreign goods, better trade routes
What are the 7 reasons for exploration
100
Explorers who came to the Americas in the 1500's and claimed land for Spain
Who are conquistadors
200
Conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico
Who is Hernando Cortes
200
Explored Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, but thought it was Asia
Who is John Cabot
200
Named the St. Lawrence River and founded Montreal
Who is Jacques Cartier
200
Claimed land for Europe, mistreated/killed native people, spread disease, provided information for maps, established a settlement
What is the impact of the explorations on the world
200
Europeans sailed to the Americas, which they called
What is the New World
300
Circumnavigated the globe for 3 years
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
300
Explored Canada and provided information for maps
Who is Sebastian Cabot
300
Discovered Quebec and three Great Lakes.
Who is Samuel de Champlain
300
Known as the father of New France
Who is Samuel de Champlain
300
Places ruled by another country and not by their own people
What are colonies
400
Conquered the Incas in Peru
Who is Francisco Pizarro
400
A country or people who paid for an explorers voyage
What is a sponsor
400
Motivated to find gold, find a route to Asia and spread Christianity
Who is Jacques Cartier
400
His crew mutinied and he was sent off in a boat with not food or water
Who is Henry Hudson
400
Diseases spread easily from one person to another
What are contagious diseases
500
First to reach the Pacific Ocean and named it the South Sea
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa
500
A shortcut some explorers wanted to find from Europe to Asia through North America
What is the Northwest Passage
500
Inspired by Columbus, wanted fame and interested in maps and astronomy
Who is Amerigo Vespucci
500
Went with father to explore Canada; searched for the Northwest passage
Who is Sebastian Cabot
500
England, France, Spain and Portugal
What are the sponsoring countries of the explorers we studied
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