Explorers
Which Venetian explorer's account of his travels inspired future exploration?
Marco Polo
Where did Europeans want to do trade?
The Spice Islands, India, and China
Which area did Jacques Cartier claim for France?
Canada
John Smith founded the first lasting English colony in the New World--what was it?
Jamestown, VA
Which trade did the French master?
The fur trade
Who made landfall in the Bahamas in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
Bartholomeu Dias was the first European to reach whichg landmark?
The Cape of Good Hope
What was the first English colony in NA?
Roanoke Island
What did Henry Hudson accomplish?
Hudson Bay
Why did Columbus call the people he encountered in the Bahamas "Indians?"
He thought he was in India
Who explored the eastern coast of Africa?
Vasco da Gama
Where is the Strait of Magellan?
The southern tip of South America
Which country took over the spice trade after Portugal fell?
The Netherlands
Who provided leadership for Portugese exploration in the 1400s?
Prince Henry the Navigator
A sextant, a magnetic compass, and an astrolobe
Who was the first man to circumnavigate the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
Marquette and Jolliet were the first men to reach which body of water?
The Mississippi River
Brazil
Which explorer never landed in NA, sank Spanish ships, and died on an Indonesian island?
Ferdinand Magellan
What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?
It divided newly-found land between Portugal and Spain
Which two explorers reached the "Great Sea" and named it the Pacific Ocean?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa and Francisco Pizzaro
What was the Middle Passage?
Giovanni da Verrazano sailed up which coast?
The Atlantic coast of modern-day USA
What was the name of the Spanish missionary who tried to end the enslavement of the native people?
Las Casas
What was the name given to the system of land and labor grants that the Spaniards set up to encourage settlers in their newly conquered lands?
Encomiendas