key vocabulary
A territory controlled by a stronger country
colony
Who governed the first successful settlement in Panama?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
How many explorers are known for exploring for Portugal?
3
How did the French acquire most of their wealth?
fur trade
Sir Walter Raleigh named the English colony Virginia after who?
The queen of England
Prior to being called the Americas, Europeans nicknamed the Western Hemisphere what?
The New World
The act of traveling in search of new lands, ideas, &/or things
exploration
What powerful empire did Hernan Cortes conquer in 1521?
The Aztec Empire
Who was sent to find a passage to Asia but instead found Brazil and claimed it for Portugal?
Pedro Alvarez Cabral
Verrazzano claimed what land for France?
Newfoundland
True or False
the Dutch or English were successful in finding the Northwest Passage?
False
Europeans used the phrase ?????? as they conquered the Americas?
God, Gold, and Glory
An instrument with a magnetic pointer that points north
compass
What powerful explorer conquered the Inca Empire and claimed their land and silver?
Francisco Pizzaro
What explorer made the all-water route to Asia by sailing around the southern tip of Africa into the Indian Ocean?
Bartolomeu Diaz
The French (among other countries) tried to find what passage as an alternative route?
The Northwest Passage
What was the powerful trading port called that the Netherlands had?
The Dutch East India Company
The Silk Roads
A Spanish explorer and conqueror
conquistador
What were the names of the King and Queen of Spain that sent explorers like Christopher Columbus?
Ferdinand and Isabella
What explorer was the first to successfully sail to India by voyaging around the southern tip of Africa?
Vasco da Gama
What was the first successful French settlement by Champlain and what was the date it was created in?
Quebec, 1630's
Name 2 of the three Dutch and English explorers
John Cabot, Sir Walter Raleigh, Henry Hudson
what was the name of the difficult and forced voyage of African slaves across the Atlantic Ocean called?
The Middle Passage
A transatlantic trade system of gods to and from the Americas, Europe, and Africa
Columbian exchange
Christopher Columbus was the first Spanish explorer funded by Spain to explore for a faster trade route, true or false?
False- he was Italian
What ship was invented by the Portuguese that allowed easy maneuvers and sailing close to the shore?
Bonus- What were its sails called
caravel
lateen and Atlantic or triangular and square
Name 2 of the 3 well-known explorers sent by France.
Giovanni da Verrazzano, Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain
what states currently take up the land claimed by Henry Hudson for New Netherland?
New Jersey, Connecticut and New York
What fur was the main one that the French trapped for trade?
Beaver