Vocabulary
Explorers 1
Explorers 2
New World
Explorers 3
100

What is navigation?

dealing with sailing ships and the sea

100
Which Frenchman claimed the Mississippi River Valley?
LaSalle
100
What is Cortes best known for?
conquering the Aztecs
100

Name 2 positive impacts and two negative impacts the explorers had on the glob.

Changed the maps, created settlements, claimed land for their country, spread diseases, and killed the natives.
100
This Spaniard explored the eastern US and discovered a New World...
Amerigo Vespucci
200

What is an expedition?

a journey taken for a special reason

200
Who trained soldiers in navigation skills and where was he from?
Prince Henry & Portugal
200
He thought he discovered a new world, but really just claimed San Salvador for Spain.
Christopher Columbus
200

Why were the French and the natives friendly with each other?

The developed a trade system of furs for European goods.

200
He explored & claimed the southwest United States.
Coronado
300

What is a saga?

an adventure story

300
Who searched Florida for the Fountain of Youth?
Ponce de Leon
300
This man from Portugal reached India by sailing around the southern tip of Africa.
da Gama
300

What three things was Columbus searching for in the New World?

gold, jewels and spices

300
Why did Giovanni Cabato become John Cabot?
He sailed to Newfoundland for England, became a hero there, and was a given a new name.
400

What is a mutiny?

to overthrow a captain of a ship

400
The first European to see the Pacific Ocean was...
Balboa
400
This explorer was from Portugal and sailed around the tip of Africa before turning back...
Dias
400

America was named after which explorer?

Amerigo Vespucci

400
Name Columbus' 3 ships.
Nina Pinta Santa Maria
500
What is the Northwest Passage?
A sea route through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; sought by explorers for centuries as a possible trade route.
500
He paved the way for exploration.
Marco Polo
500

What is Magellan best known for?

His crew was the first to sail around the world

500

Name two reasons the explorers before Columbus were afraid of when sailing across the ocean.

Fear of falling of the edge of the world, fear of "boiling" because of the sun, fear of sea monsters, their ships were square and slow, or not a lot of maps.

500
Which explorer is credited for befriending the Indians?
Champlain
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