Vocabulary
to travel around something in a ship
circumnavigate
made a first attempt at a New World settlement in 1583
-planned on settling in Newfoundland
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Daughter of King Henry VIII
Queen Elizabeth I
pere
What was the Northwest Passage?
Direct route to the Indies
type of ship that allowed it to "sail against the wind"
caravel
declared the Church of England independent of the papacy/Catholic Church
King Henry VIII
lands in the Caribbean; calls the island San Salvador (Holy Savior)
Columbus
What countries did Columbus ask to finance his trip?
Portugal and Spain
Name two things that Cartier discovered.
St. Lawrence River, Cananda
the name one receives in Baptism
Christian name
removed the French Huguenots from La Florida
Aviles
discovered the Mississippi River in 1541
de Soto
What was Columbus’ “Enterprise of the Indies” ? Describe it.
way to establish a direct trade route with the Indies (India, China and Cipangu), bypassing all the merchant middlemen
What three things did Coronado discover in his three expeditions?
Colorado River
Grand Canyon
Rio Grande
a kind of clay used as building material
adobe
Sent by Walter Raleigh to explore Virginia
- they reach North America off the coast of Florida, sailed north until they reach Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina
Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe
Conquered the Aztec Empire 1519-1521
Cortes
Someone who invests money in something
speculator
Name three problems with Spanish settlements in La Florida.
-diseases
-Indians mistreated
-Indians found it hard to accept morality
having only one wife
monogamous
Where did Verrazzano travel?
he first landed on what is now North Carolina, then became the first to set foot on New York harbor. Then, he set sail northward to the Narragansett Bay, skirted the Maine coast to Newfoundland.
Tell what you know about: Bartholomew Gosnold and Richard Hakluyt-
two adventurers who formed a trading company called The Virginia Company of London and sold “bills of adventure” to investors
Why did it take England 50 years to continue to explore after Cabot? Give a brief description of the problem.
-King Henry VIII wanted an annulment and the pope refused and eventually kicked him out of the Church- King Henry VIII established the Church of England.
-England went back and forth in religious upheaval for 50 years between Catholicism and Anglican.
What regions were called New France?
Great Lakes, north into Canada, and south into the regions now divided by the states of New York, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. These regions were called New France.