Explorers
About the Expedition
Where They Went
Why They Went and What They Found
Vocabulary
100
Sailed to and explored what is now New York and claimed land for Holland.
Who is Henry Hudson?
100
Paid for Columbus' trip.
Who is the monarchs of Spain, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand?
100
Sailed down the St. Lawrence River and looked for gold but found none. He also claimed the area around the river for France.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
100
Verrazano, Cartier, and Hudson all sailed to find this.
What is the Northwest Passage?
100
The Northwest Passage.
What is a shortcut to Asia that Europe was searching for?
200
Claimed for Spain much of what is now the southern half of what is now the United States.
Who is Hernando de Soto?
200
Ponce de Leon was sent by Spain to find this, but did not find it.
What is the Fountian of Youth?
200
He was the first to sail west to look for a route to Asia.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
200
Proved it was possible to sail across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
200
A strip of land that connects two large land areas.
What is an isthmus?
300
Conquered the Aztec empire in Mexico.
Who is Hernando Cortes?
300
Sent Caboto to the west to compete for land and wealth.
Who is the King of England, King Henry VII?
300
He was the leader of the first expedition that sailed around the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
300
These people came to the Americas to convert the American Indians to the Catholic Religion.
Who are the first missionaries the the Americas?
300
Navigation
What is the science of planning and following a route.
400
Explored and claimed for Spain what is now Florida.
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
400
Most Spainish explorers were sent to find this, but istead found this.
What is gold and riches? What is land to claim for their sponsors?
400
This is what Columbus first thought about the lands he reached in 1492. Was he correct?
What is reached Asia / the West Indies. No.
400
They went to the Americas to gain riches, take over the native people, and claim more land for Spain.
Who is the Conquistadors?
400
A new age of learning, science, and art in Europe.
What is the Renaissance?
500
Claimed for Spain much of what is now the southwestern United States.
Who is Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
500
Both Verrazano and Cartier were sent by this country.
What is France?
500
This made the expeditions of Cartier and Hudson different from most of the earlier expeditions to the Americas.
What is they traveled much further North to search for the Northwest Passage?
500
Some of the obstacles that early European explorers faced.
What is money/funding, food, length of the trip, the dangerous seas, and death?
500
These two countires signed a treaty in 1494 that divided the Americas into land they could both claim.
What is Spain and Portugal?
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