Vocabulary
This is a name for an organized journey.
What is an expedition?
This Spanish explorer arrived in the Americas in 1504.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
Other than gaining riches and power, this was a big reason Spain's governor sent Cabrillo on an expedition.
What is finding a sailing route to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
This is the country Sir Francis Drake represented.
What is England?
The ships that traveled from the Americas to The Philippines were called this, after a city.
What are Manila Galleons?
This was a name given to the governor is the Spanish empire
What is a viceroy?
Cortes had two main goals for his exploration: looking for gold and trying to find this.
What is an easier trade route to China?
Cabrillo was given this many men and this number of ships for his expedition.
What is 200 men and 3 ships?
In addition to landing in CA, Spain also took control of these islands.
What are the Philippine Islands?
The trip from the Philippines to the Americas was long - approximately this many months.
What is 6-9 months?
These large sailing ships carried gold and riches.
What are galleons?
This was the new name given to Mexico after it was conquered by Spain.
What is New Spain?
These people were also believed to be on Cabrillo's ships.
Who are priests, American Indians, and Africans.
The Spanish used these to carry all of the treasure they found in their expeditions.
What are galleons?
This explorer died when his boat crashed near Alaska and Russia - he would later have the waterway named after him.
Who is Vitus Bering?
This means "to travel completely around the world", a difficult task indeed!
What is circumnavigate?
Cortes unsuccessfully settled in northern CA because the land was described as this.
What is rocky and dry?
This feature in San Diego made it an attractive place for Cabrillo and his expedition.
What is a port?
As he was attempting to circumnavigate the world, the pirate, Sir Francis Drake, also did this during his trip.
One of these several reasons explained why it was difficult to travel from Mexico to California.
What are strong winds and currents or mountains and deserts?
You might find this word in a thesaurus next to the word "meet".
What is encounter?
This was another major reason that Spanish explorers went on expeditions to California and the North American coast.
What is to find a trade route to Asia or claim land for Spain?
This is one of many firsts for Cabrillo and his expedition (name at least one).
When Drake began sailing in 1579 he started with five ships, but two years later he was left with this one ship.
What is the Golden Hinde?
In search of a faster route between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, this explorer helped map the west coast of North America.
Who is James Cook?