Spain
France
England
Netherlands & Sweden
Vocabulary
100
He defeated the Aztecs.
Hernan Cortes
100
What was the main economic activity for the French?
fur trade
100
Which country ended up controlling all of the land along the Atlantic coast?
England
100
To what was New Amsterdam's name changed?
New York
100
Spanish soldier-explorers who conquered empires in the Americas
conquistadors
200
the empire that was conquered by Pizarro
Inca Empire
200
Which explorer, fur trader, and map maker did Marquette travel with?
Jolliet
200
Who organized the expeditions that attempted the first English colonies in America?
Sir Walter Raleigh
200
Which explorer had a river in New York named after him?
Henry Hudson
200
a person who is sent to another country to do religious work
missionary
300
the Inca emperor who was taken hostage and killed, even after the Incas paid gold to have him released
Atahualpa
300
Who claimed the area around the St. Lawrence River Valley for France and called it New France?
Jacques Cartier
300
When the leader of the Roanoke colony returned to England for supplies, how long was he gone?
3 years
300
Which colony was built by the Swedes?
Delaware
300
a person who moves to a new country to live
immigrant
400
These two explorers led expeditions to search for the Seven Cities of Cibola.
Hernando de Soto and Francisco Coronado
400
Which French explorer was killed by his own men?
Robert de La Salle
400
How many expeditions were sent to attempt to start a colony in North America?
three
400
Who was the strict Dutch governor that attacked the Swedish forts and took over the fur trade?
Peter Stuyvesant
400
to rise up and rebel against someone in charge
mutiny
500
Name at least two of the three main goals given to Juan Pardo by the king of Spain.
1. learn about the land 2. find a route to silver mines in Mexico 3. make peace with the Indians so Spanish could trade with them.
500
Who was the French missionary that was loved and respected by the Indians?
Jacques Marquette
500
Why is Roanoke known as the "Lost Colony"?
All of the settlers disappeared
500
Who was the first European man to buy land from the American Indians?
Peter Minuit
500
a person, group, or country that tries to defeat or become more successful than another
rival
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