EXPLORERS
Italian explorer, sailed for Spain and Portugal, who reached the Americas
Christopher Columbus
English explorer, sailing for the Dutch, who, in looking for the Northwest Passage sailed into the river in present-day Albany, New York
Henry Hudson
a series of expeditions Europeans made to regain control of Christian hole sites in the Middle East from the 1000s C.E. to the 1200s
Crusades
when two or more groups or objects come together they come in ___________
contact
a fleet of warships
armada
Italian explorer, sailing for Spain, who reached South America and for whom America is named after
Amerigo Vespucci
Portuguese prince who set up a school for navigation
Prince Henry the Navigator
He told fabulous stories after returning from a long trip to China and wrote a book called Travels
Marco Polo
to completely travel around something
circumnavigate
a farmer who pays a landowner an annual rent and works for that person for a fixed number of days each year
tenant farmer
Portuguese explorer who was the first to round the tip of Africa
Bartolomeu Dias
Spanish explorer who was the first European to step foot on the mainland of North America (in Florida)
Juan Ponce De Leon
this removed water from storage areas in ships
bilge pump
a much-sought sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, located along the north coast of North America
Northwest Passage
a fort
presidio
Spanish priest who spoke out against the mistreatment of native peoples in New Spain
Bartolome de Las Casas
He founded the settlement of Quebec
Samuel de Champlain
How many ships did Vasco da Gama set sail with in 1497? They rounded the Cape of Good Hope and made it to African's eastern coast.
4
an economic theory that a nation's power depends on its ability to increase wealth by accumulating precious metals
mercantilism
related to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome
classical
Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Aztec in Mexico
Hernan Cortes
He claimed and called land Louisiana in honor of Louis XIV
Robert Cavelier de La Salle
What is Portugal's capital?
Lisbon
a communal Native American structure; a town in Spanish- ruled lands
pueblo
global trade of people, goods, technology, ideas and diseases that occurred during the 1500s and 1600s
Columbian Exchange