Explorers
Good or Bad?
Why?
Terms
100
Explored in Southwest United States.
Who is Coronado?
100
By helping mapmakers update maps with new information.
How did explorers help make improvements in travel/exploration?
100
To keep the French from taking their claim.
Why did the Spanish attack at Fort Caroline?
100
A Spanish Explorer.
What is a conquistador?
200
Explored the Mississippi River
Who is LaSalle?
200
Europeans brought new diseases to the new world and many Native Americans died.
How did explorers lead to the death of many Native Americans?
200
Led to a quicker way to get the riches of silks and spices.
Why did the rulers of Spain want a shorter route to East Asia?
200
Land ruled by another country, not the people who live on the land.
What is colony?
300
Fought against the Aztecs in Mexico.
Who is Cortez?
300
Explorers gained more wealth for their sponsoring country.
What is by finding new trade routes?
300
They had never been exposed to contagious diseases.
Why did many Native Americans suffer and die?
300
Illnesses spread easily between people.
What are contagious diseases?
400
Was on a search for the Fountain of Youth.
Who is Ponce De Leon?
400
Native Americans were enslaved to mine for riches.
How were Native American harmed by European explorers?
400
A quick route to Asia.
Why did explorers want the Northwest Passage?
400
St. Augustine
What is the first European settlement in the U.S?
500
Was from Portugal but sponsored by Spain.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
500
By finding and claiming new lands for their country.
How did explorers make way for settlers to come to the new world?
500
This early settlement is in Florida.
What is St. Augustine?
500
Carribean Island.
What was one of the places claimed by Christopher Columbus?
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