Vocabulary
a crop that is grown to be sold
cash crop
Portugal is a small country that borders which larger country?
Spain
In 1492 this man sailed the ocean blue.
Christopher Columbus
Sir Frnacis Drake was knighted by the Queen of England. His enemies said that he was nothing but a _____________.
pirate
Christopher Columbus was inspired by the book of which famous earlier explorer?
Marco Polo
native to a particular region or environment
indigenous
Portugal colonized what large country in South America? (The people there still speak Portuguese.)
Brazil
What were the names of Columbus's three ships?
The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria
The small English navy defeated the Spanish armada by sending small ships towards the Spanish and causing their fleet to break apart. Why were the Spaniards afraid of these ships?
They were on fire.
He lied about how far they had traveled, making the distances shorter than they actually were.
a situation in which one person, country, or company has complete control of the supply of a good or service
monopoly
Who was the Portuguese prince who supported and encouraged exploration?
Prince Henry the Navigator
The encomienda system encouraged Spanish settlers to come to Hispaniola by promising them two things. What were these two things?
Many of the English explorers were looking for a route to the Indies along the northern coast of North America? What is this route called?
The Northwest Passage
Amerigo Vespucci
Spanish word for conqueror
conquistador
Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco de Gama both sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, which is the southern tip of which continent?
Africa
Who is the explorer who was credited with circumnavigating the globe (even though only his crew made it all the way because he died on the way)?
Ferdinand Magellan
The French did not send many families to North America to colonize it. Instead, mostly single men came. Name two activities were they engaged in.
exploring, trapping animals for their fur, hunting, and fishing
Colonists in the Americas wanted more people to work on their plantations. To provide more labor, they began the terrible practice of the _________ trade, which brought millions of Africans to America.
slave
the rebellion of a ship's crew against the captain
mutiny
What was the name of the man who was the first Portuguese sea captain to reach Brazil?
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Magellan is credited with circumnavigating the globe. What are the dates for this accomplishment?
1519-1522
The Dutch explorer Henry Hudson believed he had found the Northwest Passage when he found a huge body of water that he thought was the Pacific Ocean. What is that body of water now called?
The Hudson Bay
Have you ever circumnavigated the globe (either by sea or by air)?
No (unless you have!)