Portuguese
On what continent can you find Portugal?
Europe
Who sailed for Spain?
Henry Hudson conducted four voyages to North America. What location is named after him? (There are two possible answers)
Hudson Bay
Hudson River
Name one consequence of European exploration.
Millions of natives died.
Native civilizations were plundered.
Natives were enslaved.
The colonized were forced to become Christian.
Who invented the compass?
The Portuguese men often married and traded with who?
African Women
Where did Columbus think he landed?
India
Who sailed for France and claimed Northeastern Canada for France?
Jaques Cartier
True or False
The Spanish established the fur trade and drove the population of beavers almost to extinction.
False.
The FRENCH established the fur trade.
Describe how the Caravel helped the Portuguese explorers.
it helped them sail around Africa.
It helped them sail more closely to the wind.
Why did the Portuguese want to find a direct sea route to India (Asia)?
To gain access to spices more cheaply.
Spices were essential for food preparation.
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Where did Giovanni Da Verrazano sail to? Name one of the places.
East Coast of North America
North Carolina to Maine
Reached present-day New York
True or False
Many natives in the Americas were immune to European diseases.
FALSE
They were not immune. Millions died.
What did the Astrolabe do?
Made it possible for sailors to determine the positions of stars and figure out their location at sea.
Name two Portuguese explorers. Name one place one of them traveled to.
Dias = Cape of Good Hope, southern tip of Africa
Da Gama = around the southern tip of Africa to India
What did Columbus's ineffective leadership lead to?
He was removed as leader and imprisoned in Spain.
How did Giovanni Da Verrazano die?
Killed by unfriendly native people in the Caribbean
OR
Killed by pirates
Native Americans were enslaved to mine for _____________ and ____________.
Gold and Silver
Is your teachers name:
A) Mrs. Zander
OR
B) Mrs. Zanders
MRS. ZANDER
How did Portuguese explorers achieve their goal of establishing a trading route to India?
* around the southern tip of Africa
* used advanced technology: caravel, compass, astrolabe
What is the area called that Columbus actually sailed to?
Hispaniola
Explain where England and France are in relation to each other.
England is North of France.
France is South of England.
True or False
Native American political systems and spiritual structures were destroyed as they were forced to take on the beliefs of the conquerors.
TRUE
Why were the Americas named the "New World"?
The Europeans named it the New World because they didn't know it existed before - and now they could put it on a map.