Explorers I
Explorers II
Vocabulary
Important People and Events
Potpouri
100
first European to set foot in North America
Who is Columbus?
100
discovered the Strait of Magellan in South America
Who is Magellan?
100
these were Spainish conquerors who came to the Americas to search for gold and land
What is conquistadors?
100
this scientist developed a new solar system model and studied space using a telescope
Who is Galileo?
100
this country controlled large portions of South America in the 1500s.
What is Spain?
200
Explored South American coast, North and South America are named for him
Who is Vespucci?
200
discovered Hudson River and Hudson Bay in North America
Who is Hudson?
200
a place where prisoners were sent for punishment
What is a penal colony?
200
this inventor developed the scientific method
Who is Rene Descartes?
200
name a reason why Europeans quit using Indians as slaves
What is death or disease?
300
Conquered the Incas in 1535
Who is Pizarro?
300
conquered the Aztecs in 1521
Who is Cortes?
300
a person who teaches their religion to people with different beliefs
What is missionary?
300
the difficult voyage made by enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the West Indies
What is Middle Passage?
300
this was a trade route between the Americas, England and Africa that involved the selling of slaves and goods
What is Triangular Trade?
400
Explored and settled Australia for Great Britian
Who is Cook?
400
sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in 1488
Who is Dias?
400
a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water
What is strait?
400
this scientist studied gravity and invented calculus
Who is Isaac Newton?
400
name the main reason why plantations depended on slavery
What is to make profits?
500
First to sail up St. Lawerence River, created the French claim in North America
Who is Cartier?
500
First European to sail to India
Who is da Gama?
500
a water route explorers searched for in 1500's-1700's. They thought it flowed through North America to connect the oceans.
What is Northwest Passage?
500
An European movement marked by a rejection of current laws or rules and an emphasis on rationalism
What is enlightenment?
500
Portugal and Spain divided the New World by this line
What is Line of Demarcation?
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