Vocabulary
People who buy and sell goods
What are merchants?
means conqueror in Spanish
Conquistador
He made advances in navigation and established a school to train sailors
Who is Prince Henry?
This was the name of the Lost Colony
What is Roanoke?
What is China?
What is navigation?
This conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire in Central Mexico.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
He traveled to China and wrote a book about his experiences there
Who is Marco Polo?
Why did Sir Walter Raleigh choose Roanoke for a colony?
It was a central location to look for riches and to attack Spanish trade ships.
The first permanent European settlement in North America.
What is Saint Augustine, Florida?
A written document giving permission to do something such as explore new lands
What is a charter?
What were the Spanish conquistadors looking for on their conquests?
gold and riches
This Italian explorer sailed for Spain and landed in the Bahamas; came into contact with the Taino people
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Why did the first colony not survive?
They didn't have enough supplies and native people did not trade with them. They returned to England.
The Inca Empire was located in this part of the world.
What is the western coast of South America?
Strong, armed ships used for fighting and showing force
What are warships?
This conquistador conquered the Inca Empire along the western coast of South America.
Who is Fransico Pizzaro?
Samuel de Champlain was friendly with the Native people and formed ___________ with them in order to help grow the fur trade.
What are alliances?
When John White returned to Roanoke for a second time, what did he find?
The colonists had disappeared, houses dismantled, and a protect barrier fence was built. Also, the word Croatoan carved onto a tree were the only clues.
The Aztec empire was located here.
What is Central Mexico?
The act of taking control of land or people by force
What is a conquest?
What is a conquest?
taking over a land or group of people by military force and conflict
Why did New Netherlands fail as a colony?
They were too tired and depleted of supplies to fight the English because of conflict with the native people and political instability.
Who were the Croatoan?
A group of natives that lived nearby and could be linked to the disappearance of the colonists.
Samuel de Champlain and Jacques Cartier explored this location and waterway
Canada and the Saint Lawrence River