Exploration 1
On October 12, 1492 land was spotted. It was a small island in the Bahamas that ________ would name San Salvador. He met natives there that he called Indians because he was convinced that he had landed on islands off the coast of the East Indies. He also visited other islands in the Caribbean such as Cuba and Hispaniola.
Christopher Columbus
____________discovered the Mississippi River.
Hernando de Soto
He was a merchant and explorer who traveled throughout the Far East and China for much of his life trading. His stories were the basis for what much of Europe knew about Ancient China for many years. He lived from 1254 to 1324.
Marco Polo
The Mongols united the areas around the ______, a series of trade routes throughout Asia. This Route enabled trade to flourish and allowed the exchange of new ideas. New technology, trade goods, and religion spread throughout the length of the route.
Silk Road
___________ was a French explorer. In 1608, Champlain founded Quebec on the St. Lawrence River. This was the first permanent French settlement in North America.
Samuel Champlain
The first Englishman to sail around the world was __________________. He also took a leading part in defeating the Great Armada sent by Spain to invade England.
Sir Francis Drake
_______________ was a Spanish explorer, soldier and conquistador best known for conquering the Incas.
Francisco Pizarro
______________ was a Portuguese explorer. He led the first expedition that traveled from Europe to India by sailing around Africa.
________was the first Chinese leader to unify all of China using Legalism, and he started the Great Wall.
Vasco da Gama
Qin Shi Huangdi
__________was an Italian navigator and explorer who is considered to be the first European to land on the North American mainland since the Vikings. He was looking for the Northwest Passage to Asia on behalf of England.
John Cabot
The __________ is the world's largest ocean and is located between Asia and North America. What does Pacific mean?
Pacific Ocean
Peaceful
________ is best known for being an explorer for Portugal, and later Spain, who led the first expedition to successfully circumnavigate the globe. The circumnavigation confirmed the idea that the world was round rather than flat.
Ferdinand Magellan
__________ was the first European to discover the Gulf Stream (a powerful current in the Atlantic Ocean) during his 1512 expedition.
Ponce de Leon
_____________was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the northeastern United States.
Henry Hudson
________ was the first chemical explosive in recorded history and was first discovered in the 9th century by Chinese alchemists. It was first used in fireworks, but later it was used for military purposes. In the West, it changed the face of warfare.
Gunpowder
The ____________ is between the Himalayan Mountains to the south and the Taklamakan desert to the north. It rises over three miles above sea level, and is often called "the roof of the world" for that reason.
Plateau of Tibet
__________, which means the "Way of the Warrior," was a code of conduct for the samurai in Japanese society.
Bushido
_________ was a conqueror who brought together the wandering peoples of central Asia. He made their lands into the state of Mongolia. Then he took his armies beyond Mongolia. They built up a huge empire.
Genghis Khan
___________, or the plotting of lands on a map, became more important as more lands were discovered.
Cartography
_________ was a prevailing belief system in China. It required that people strictly follow the law or they would suffer dire consequences. Under this system, the emperor had ultimate power. He could therefore banish or kill anyone who challenged his power as well as confiscate weapons in order to prevent uprisings. This philosophy was very popular under Qin Shi Huangdi.
Legalism
Japanese ________ were also expected to follow a strict code of ethics known as Bushido, the Warrior Code. Bushido required courage, honor, and obedience.
Samurai
Roman Emperor ______________ first reclaimed the areas of northern Africa that had fallen to the Germanic tribes known as the Vandals. He also simplified Roman Legal Code.
Justinian I
_________________was the last Chinese Dynasty to rebuild the Great Wall of China in the 1400's AD.
the Ming Dynasty
An aspect of Chinese culture that became popular in many Southeast Asian cultures was the _____________. Under the idea, the emperor receives power and authority from the gods.
Mandate of Heaven
This Chinese philosophy said that children should show reverence to their elders, and in turn, seniors should be concerned about those who are juniors to them. Obedience to parents and loyalty to friends and family were also important.
Confucianism
The front toe of the Italian Peninsula points to _____.The back heel of Italy points to _______.
Sicily
Greece