Explorers
He founded Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth
Ponce de Leon
He traveled from Europe to China in search of riches and new ideas...
Marco .....
POLO
How many continents and oceans are there in the world ?
7 Continents
5 Oceans
He created a school for navigation. The Father of European Exploration
Prince Henry the Navigator
What were the 3 reasons for European Exploration in the mid 15th century...
GOD
GOLD
GLORY
THE 3 G's
He found the New World in 1492
Christopher Columbus
Buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas...
Atlantic Slave Trade
He was the first to circumnavigate the earth.. Even though, he really didn't.
Ferdinand Magellan
The first permanent settlement in America
Group of English people who founded a colony in Plymouth
Pilgrims
Portuguese explorer who rounded the tip of Africa
Bartolomeu Dias
Company in which people pooled their wealth for a common reason $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Joint - Stock Company
Militant Spanish explorers in the Americas
Conquistadors
Where did the Aztecs live?
Where did the Incas live ?
Aztecs = Mexico
Incas = Brazil ( South America )
It is present day New York City... However, it was called this in the 16th century
New Netherland
Conquistador who slaughtered the Inca's
Francisco Pizzaro
EUROPEAN trade between the Americas, Africa and Europe involving slaves and other goods
Triangular Trade
It was the name given to a war between England and Britain over land in North America
French and Indian War
The United States is named after him..
AMERIGO Vespucci
Explorer who gave Portugal a direct sea route to India
Vasco da Gama
Conquistador who slaughtered the Aztecs
Hernando Cortes'
Economic policy of increasing wealth and power by obtaining large amount of gold and silver and selling more goods than are bought
Mercantilism
Global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas
Columbian Exchange
Name 3 new business practices of European Exploration
Mercantilism
Joint - Stock Company
Triangular Trade
Treaty between Spain and Portugal dividing newly discovered lands between them... It was the Pope's idea
Treaty of Tordesillas