Vocabulary
A ____________ is a person who buys and sells goods.
A. colonist
B. merchant
C. conquistador
B. merchant
What is the name of a device that has a magnetic needle which points north and helps a person to know which direction they are traveling?
Which country sent conquistadors to explore and conquer the Americas?
Spain
Explorers from France and the Netherlands were not searching for gold in North America. What were they searching for?
The Northwest Passage
What was the name of England's first attempt at a colony in the New World?
Roanoke
Which is an example of a conquest?
A. Henry Hudson's ship gets stuck in ice and the crew are forced to live on their ship until the ice melts.
B. The French make alliances with Native Americans and frequently trade with them for fur.
C. Francisco Pizzaro and his men use force to take over the Inca capital of Cuzco.
C. Francisco Pizarro and his men use force to take over the Inca capital of Cuzco.
What is the name of a three or four masted sailing ship that was created in the 1400s that sailed stronger, faster and was better for longer voyages than earlier ships.
a carrack
Which Spanish conquistador was responsible for conquering the Aztec Empire?
Hernan Cortes
True or False:
Explorers in the 1500s never found the Northwest Passage.
True
Who gave Sir Walter Raleigh permission to start the Roanoke colony?
Queen Elizabeth I
A document granting someone ownership of something is a ______________.
A device that is mounted to the back of a ship that helped control the direction in which the boat sailed by directing the flow of water is called a _______ ________.
stern rudder
What is a conquistador?
a Spanish conqueror
Why were explorers not able to travel through the Northwest Passage in the 1500s?
It was covered by Arctic ice.
True or False:
England claimed lands north of the French in North America.
False
What is the route to Asia, through North America, using only waterways called?
The Northwest Passage
What is an astrolabe?
A device that measures the distance of stars in the sky and can help determine a ship's latitude, or position relative to the equator.
True or False:
Spain's strongest motivation for exploring was to find riches, like gold.
True
Arctic ice caps are melting which makes it possible to travel the Northwest Passage in warmer months.
Why did the first Roanoke colonists return to England?
They were not skilled farmers. They also angered Native Americans which made them not want to trade with the English. This caused them to not have enough food to continue to survive in the colony.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The trading of animals, plants, culture, ideas, disease, and more between Europeans and the people of the Americas.
DAILY DOUBLE:
Name two items that were native to the Americas and traded.
Name two items that were native to Europe and traded.
How did the printing press help spread news about explorer's new discoveries?
It helped because a printing press could mass produce documents far more easily and cheaply than handwritten documents. This allowed information to spread farther and faster.
What empire did Francisco Pizarro conquer?
Inca Empire
DAILY DOUBLE:
What was the name of the Inca capital?
Which country claimed more land in North America, France or Netherlands?
France
What kept John White from quickly returning to the Roanoke colony?
England was at war with Spain and needed all of their ships for battle.