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Misc. Explorers
Columbus
Misc. Explorers
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Vocabulary
100
This group of Europeans reached North America about 500 years before Columbus.
What are The Vikings.
100
When Columbus first reached the "New World", where did he think he was?
What is Asia? (Or, what are The Indies?)
100
This is the man who led the expedition that conquered the Aztecs.
Who is Hernando Cortes.
100
Money to pay for ships, crew and supplies are examples of this.
What are costs?
100
A sum of money given for a specific purpose.
What is a grant?
200
This explorer claimed for Holland much of what is now the state of New York and surrounding areas. Later, he looked for the Northwest Passage.
Who is Henry Hudson?
200
This European nation sponsored Columbus's expedition across the Atlantic Ocean.
What is Spain.
200
Francisco Pizarro conquered these people, who lived in the mountain of Peru.
Who are the Inca?
200
Finding gold, furs and other valuable resources; claiming new lands; gaining power; spreading Christianity. These are are examples of what?
What are benefits?
200
A trip taken with the goal of exploring.
What is an expedition?
300
This explorer explored and claimed for Spain much of what is now the southwestern United States. (Hint: he was looking for the Seven Cities of Gold).
Who is Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
300
This is the year that Columbus made his first expedition.
What is 1492?
300
This man was the leader of the first expedition to sail around the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan.
300
A Spanish conqueror in the Americas.
What is a conquistador?
300
This includes scientific knowledge and tools.
What is technology.
400
This explorer explored the land that connects the Americas and became the first Spanish explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean.
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
400
This is the main reson that columbus sailed west from Europe.
What is to find a new water route to Asia.
400
This explorer had a crew that mutinied and set him adrift at sea.
Who is Henry Hudson?
400
A person who sets up and runs a business.
What is an entrepreneur?
400
An agreement between two or more countries.
What is a treaty?
500
This man explored and claimed for Spain what is now the state of Florida.
Wo is Juan Ponce de Leon?
500
These are the monarchs who paid for Columbus's explorations.
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
500
This is what Verrazono, Cartier and Hudson were searching for in North America.
What is The Northwest Passage?
500
This explorer explored and claimed for Spain much of the southern half of what is now the United States.
Who is Hernando de Soto?
500
To rebel against the leader of one's group.
What is a mutiny?