Exploration
U.S. Geography
World Geography
Important Vocabulary
100
Traveling to an unknown place in search of goods.
What is Exploration?
100
These two states are north and share a border with Massachusetts.
What are Vermont and New Hampshire?
100
This European country colonized Brazil.
What is Portugal?
100
An original source of information that comes directly from a particular time or person.
What is a primary source?
200
When a strong nation sends people to create settlements and control new land.
What is colonization?
200
This is the only state that begins with and looks like an "L".
What is Louisiana?
200
This country conquered most of South and Central America.
What is Spain?
200
A piece of information that comes after a time period or is retold by someone not the original person.
What is a secondary source?
300
These are the three reasons for exploration.
What are God, Gold, and Glory?
300
The state from where the two planes that hit the Twin Towers left on 9/11.
What is Massachusetts?
300
This country can also be referred to as the United Kingdom or Great Britain.
What is England?
300
A man-made item from a certain place and time.
What is an artifact?
400
These are the four countries that dominated exploration.
What are Spain, Portugal, England, and France?
400
This state was purchased by the U.S. from Russia.
What is Alaska?
400
These three continents are referred to by this term.
What is the Old World?
400
Settlements controlled by another, stronger country.
What are colonies?
500
These groups of people were from Spain and were sent to "conquer" the land.
What are Conquistadors?
500
These four states border Mexico.
What are Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California?
500
These two continents are referred to by this term.
What is the New World?
500
These are items that were traded between the "Old" and "New" World.
What are "goods"?