Vocab
To take unfair advantage of a person or group
What is to exploit?
This is the place was Ponce de León looking for
What is the Fountain of Youth?
In 1492 Columbus claimed the land he found for the king and queen of this country
What is Spain?
This was the first European to see the Mississippi River
Who is Hernando de Soto?
A person who buys and sells goods to earn money
A sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
This is what the legend of El Dorado was about
What is a famous city or cities of gold?
He was the first Spaniard to explore the lands that are now part of the southeastern coast of the United States
Who is Juan Ponce de León?
This is where the river named for Henry Hudson is located
What is New York?
A few members of a group who are sent out ahead of the rest of the group to get information about an area
What is a scouting party?
A deep valley between mountains, cut through the rock by river water
What is a canyon?
This is what Coronado was searching for in the American Southwest
What are the Seven Cities of Cibola?
Who is Popé?
This is the body of water that Champlain explored for France
What is the St. Lawrence river?
What is a spice?
What is a canyon?
This is the oldest continuing European settlement in the United States
What is St. Augustine?
These people were known as the conquistadors
Who were Spanish conquerors?
These are the oceans the Northwest Passage connected
One of the first people to settle in a region; Laura Ingall's Wilder was one of these
What is a pioneer?
Something from nature that is useful to humans
What is a natural resource?
This is what Champlain named the settlement he founded
What is Quebec?
This is the area Henry Hudson explored
What is eastern Canada and the northeastern US coast?
These are the five large lakes that Champlain and other French explorers found
What are the Great Lakes?
a thick forest that gets a lot of rain and has very tall trees; the tops of the trees create an unbroken layer, or canopy, across the top
What is a rainforest?