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Transatlantic Slave Trade
100

Claimed land for France, sailed the St. Lawrence River

Jaques Cartier

100

Thought he found a route to Asia, but he was actually in the Bahamas

Christopher Columbus

100

Ferdinand Magellan

His crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe

100

Moved the line of demarcation 800 miles further west to benefit Portugal

Treaty of Tordesilla

100

African Diaspora is

the scattering of Africans across the New World

200

Landed on the Labrador Peninsula in present-day Canada in 1000 AD; son of Erik the Red

Leif Eriksson

200

Was held captive for years before escaping and returning to Spain. Wrote books which increased european interest in the new colonies

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

200

Defeated the Aztec Empire

Hernan Cortes

200

El Camino Real

Connect scattered communities in New Spain

200
List 3 things that provided refuge for enslaved Africans in the Americas

Song, Family, Religion, Folktales

300

Defeated the Inca Empire

Francisco Pizzaro

300

Discovered the Grand Canyon

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

300

America was named in his honor, because he was the first explorer to understand that he found a new continent

Amerigo Vespucci

300

The Protestant reformation started in 

Germany

300

What was the Middle Passage

The bottom leg of the devastating journey enslaved Africans had to make from West Africa to the Americas
400

First to find the sea route to Asia

Vasco da Gama

400

Looked for a Northwest Passage but did not find it. His exploration created the basis for England's presence in North America

John Cabot

400

Founded San Juan, Puerto Rico and found gold there

Juan Ponce de Leon

400

A Northwest Passage would have created a

connection between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

400

Bonus: who bought New Amsterdam for $ 24 from Native Americans?

Peter Minuit

500

Followed the Mississippi into the Gulf of Mexico and named the region in honor of the French king

Rene-Robert La Salle

500
Did not find a Northwest Passage, but found the Hudson Bay

Henry Hudson

500

Named Virgina, sent a group to found the Roanoke Colony

Sir Walter Raleigh

500

The Vikings most likely abandoned the North Amercian settlements due to

frequent attacks by Natives

500

Bonus: What was the Spanish Armada?

Fleet of many fast Spanish ships, but was defeated by the even faster, smaller English ships

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