Planning Exploration
The Journey Begins
Who's Who Explorers
New World or What?
Costs & Benefits of Exploration
100
A group of Europeans that reached North America about 500 years before Columbus
What is the Vikings?
100
The main reason Columbus sailed west from Europe
What is a more direct water route to Asia?
100
He explored and claimed for Spain much of the southern half of what is now the United States.
Who is Hernando de Soto?
100
Explorers faced great dangers in unknown seas, and they needed new technology and money.
What is three problems early European explorers faced?
100
Explorers needed money for ships, crew and supplies. They might not find anything of value, and they could die at sea.
What are the costs of expeditions for explorers and their sponsors?
200
Scientific knowledge and tools
What is technology?
200
The empire that the army of Hernando Cortes conquered in Mexico
What is the Aztec?
200
He explored and claimed for Spain much of what is now the southwestern United States.
Who is Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
200
The land Christopher Columbus thought he had reached in 1492.
What is Asia?
200
Explorers could find gold, furs, and other valuables. They could claim lands they discovered and gain power. They could spread Christianity.
What is the benefits of expeditions for explorers and their sponsors?
300
The European nation that sponsored Columbus's expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492
What is Spain?
300
The Spanish consquistador that took control of the Inca Empire in Peru
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
300
He explored and claimed for Spain what is now the state of Florida.
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
300
These two things proved that Christopher Columbus did not reach Asia.
What is Amerigo Vespucci realized the land he saw didn't match Marco Polo's description of Asia and Balboa reached the Pacific?
300
His crew mutinied and set him adrift at sea to die.
What happened to Hudson during his last voyage?
400
Explorers faced great dangers in unknown seas, and they needed new technology and money.
What is three problems early European explorers faced?
400
During his last voyage, his crew mutinied and set him adrift at sea.
Who is Hudson?
400
He explored and claimed for Holland much of what is now the state of New York and surrounding areas.
Who is Henry Hudson?
400
King Fredinand and Queen Isabella were fighting in a war and they were too busy to help Columbus.
What is the reason Columbus had to wait until after the Reconquista to start his voyage?
400
The leader of the first expedition to sail around the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
500
The main reason Columbus sailed west from Europe.
What is a more direct water route to Asia?
500
This is what Verrazano, Cartier, and Hudson searced for in North America.
What is the Northwest Passage?
500
He took control of the Inca empire in Peru.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
500
A shortcut to Asia that would bring wealth and power
What is the Northwest Passage?
500
The empire that Hernando Cortes conquered in Mexico.
What is the Aztec empire?
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