Vocabulary
Columbus
Explorers 1
Explorers 2
Potpourri
100
Scientific knowledge and tools that make life easier
What is technology?
100
This was Columbus' mail goal.
What is find a direct water route to Asia?
100
His crew mutinied and set him adrift at sea
Who is Henry Hudson?
100
What specifically Cartier, Verrazano, and Hudson were searching for.
What is the Northwest Passage?
100
People that arrived in the Americas 500 years before Columbus
What are the Vikings?
200
Person that sets up and runs a business
What is and entrepreneur?
200
This country's king and queen financed Columbus' voyage.
Who is the King and Queen of Spain?
200
Leader of the first expedition to sail around the world
Who is Magellan?
200
He explored the lands that connects the Americas and become the first explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean
Who is Balboa?
200
It included lack of technology, accurate maps and money
What were the problems that early explorers faced?
300
Large sums of money given for a specific purpose
What is a grant?
300
The number of times Columbus requested money from the King and Queen of Spain.
What is 2 times?
300
He explored and claimed for Holland much of what is now New York state.
Who is Henry Hudson?
300
He explored and claimed for Spain much of what is now the state of Florida
Who is Ponce de Leon?
300
It included money, crew, ship, supplies, danger, ships sinking, failure to find valuables
What are the COSTS of exploration?
400
Spanish explorer and soldier
What is a Conquistador?
400
They included riches, new lands, and spread Christianity
What were Columbus' promises to the King and Queen of Spain?
400
He explored and claimed for spain much of the southwestern United States.
Who is Vasquez de Coronado?
400
Explore and claimed for Spain much of the southern half of what is now the United States.
Who is deSoto?
400
It includes riches, furs, money, gold, new land, fame
What are the benefits of exploration?
500
The King and Queen's attempt to get the Muslims out of Spain which was the reason they would not give Columbus the money the first time he asked.
What is the Reconquista?
500
Because Vespucci did not see lands that looked like the Asia Marco Polo described AND Balboa proved Vespucci was right about and unknown continent
How was it proved that Columbus did not reach Asia?
500
He conquered the Aztecs of Mexico and later cleared the way to build Mexico City
Who is Cortes?
500
Spanish conquistador who took control of the Inca Empire in Peru
Who is Pizarro?
500
A shortcut to Asia which would bring riches and power to the country that found it
What is the Northwest Passage?
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