Explorers
Vocabulary
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Explored and claimed for Spain what is now the state of Florida.
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon
100
a sum of money or other payment given for a specific purpose
What is a grant?
100
Unsuccessfully searched for gold along the St. Lawrence River.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
100
This European nation sponsored Columbus's expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492.
What is Spain?
100
Thought he had reached Asia, but Balboa and Magellan had proved that that explorer did not make it to Asia.
Who is Columbus?
200
explored and claimed for France the area around the St. Lawrence River.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
200
a trip taking with the goal of exploring.
What is an expedition?
200
The army of this explorer conquered the Aztec in Mexico.
Who is Hernando Cortes?
200
The main reason Columbus sailed west from Europe.
What is to find a water route to Asia?
200
Money to pay for ships, loss of lives, no riches or land found.
What are the costs of expeditions?
300
Explored and claimed for Spain much of what is now the southwestern United States.
Who is Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
300
an agreement between two or more nations.
What is a treaty?
300
A group of people that came to the Americas to convert American Indians to the Catholic religion.
What are missionaries?
300
The leader of the first expedition to sail around the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
300
Get rich, claim new lands, gain power and spread Christianity.
What are benefits to expeditions?
400
Explored and claimed for Holland much of what is now the state of New York and surrounding areas.
Who is Henry Hudson?
400
a rebellion against the leader of one's group.
What is a mutiny?
400
Science of planning and following a route.
What is navigation
400
Two countries who made a treaty in 1492 that divided the Americas into the lands each could claim.
What is Spain and Portugal?
400
The main goal of conquistadors in America.
What is to find adventure, wealth, fame and convert American Indians to Christianity?
500
Explored and claimed for Spain much of the southern half of what is now the United States.
Who is Hernando de Soto?
500
a person who sets up and runs a business
What is an entrepreneur?
500
A historical period that best described as a new age of learning, science, and art in Europe.
What is the Renaissance?
500
Limited knowledge of geography, needed stronger faster ships, and money to pay the costs of expeditions.
What are three obstacles that early European explorers faced?
500
One way that Cariter and Hudson's expeditions differed from other early expeditions.
What is Sponsored by trading companies and not monarchs? or They explored the North Eastern instead of southern part of North America?
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