Europeans Set Sail
This was a new style of viking ship that was more stable on rough seas.
longship
Sailor from Genoa, Italy. He was one of the most important European explorers, and was the first person to claim lands in the Americas for Spain.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Spanish soldiers who led military expeditions in the Americas.
conquistadors.
French explorer who sailed up the Saint Lawrence river looking for the Northwest Passage.
Jacques Cartier
The person who set up the first new world colony in present day Virginia
John Smith
To go all the way around.
What is circumnavigate?
The movement of plants, animals, people, and customs between Europe and the Americas in the 1400's and 1500's.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Large farms which specialize in growing one type of crop for profit.
Plantations.
Document granting permission to start a colony.
Charter.
The name of the lost English colony
Roanoke
He established a navigation school and financed expeditions to the west coast of Africa.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
In what part of the Americas did Columbus first land?
The Bahamas.
Conquistador who conqured the Aztec empire
Hernan Cortez
Name the disease that was brought by the Europeans to the Americas.
Small pox.
The name of the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
Jamestown.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Agreement between Spain and Portugal to move the imaginary boundary.
Treaty of Tordesillias.
Conquistador who captured the Inca capital and killed the leaders.
Francisco Pizzaro.
What is the main reason Europeans began importing enslaved people from Africa to work on their new lands?
Native Americans died due to diseases.
What were the names of the four Middle colonies?
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware.
What factors led Europeans to begin their voyages of exploration?
Need for precious metals, desire to make money by finding safer and faster trade routes, interest in Asian culture, desire to spread Christianity, advances in technology.
Explain the conflict that emerged between Spain and Portugal over their empires in the Americas and how it was resolved.
Conflict regarding ownership over new lands in the Americas, the pope established the Line of Demarcation in 1493, conflict resolved by the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494.
What factors enabled the Spanish to defeat the Aztec and the Inca?
Superior weapons and armor, horses, help from some of the Native Americans, harmful effects of European diseases on Native Americans.
Do you think the Columbian Exchange improved life or made life worse in the Americas? Explain your answer.
Students should recognize that the Columbian Exchange brought new products to both the Americas and Europe; brought great suffering to Native Americans and led to slavery.
Why did the middle colonies have a more diverse population than either New England or the South?
Large land grants and religious tolerance drew a variety of settlers.