Ch. 6 Vocabulary
What is the period from 1450 to 1700 when
European countries sent ships around the world to discover and conquer new lands?
A. Age of Exploration
B. Merchant
C. Silk Road
A. Age of Exploration
What is an achievement or a success?
A. Cartography
B. Conquistador
C. Accomplishment
C. Accomplishment
What were European Explorers hoping to discover?
A. A great fishing island
B. A faster sea route to Asia
C. A faster sea route to Canada
B. A faster sea route to Asia
First European to discover the Americas while searching for a sea route to Asia
A. Hernando de Soto
B. Christopher Columbus
C. John Cabot
B. Christopher Columbus
Discovered the Hudson River and the Hudson Bay
A. John Cabot
B. Henry Hudson
C. Jacque Cartier
B. Henry Hudson
What were several trade routes connecting Europe and Asia where merchants would buy and sell silk, spices, and other goods?
A. Merchant
B. Age of Exploration
C. Silk Road
C. Silk Road
What is the science or practice of making maps?
A. Accomplishment
B. Cartography
C. Conquistador
B. Cartography
What 3 explorers were sponsored by Spain?
Columbus, De Soto, Balboa
First European to cross the Mississippi River
A. Hernando de Soto
B. Christopher Columbus
C. John Cabot
A. Hernando de Soto
Which explorer had the home country of France?
A. John Cabot
B. Christopher Columbus
C. Jacque Cartier
C. Jacque Cartier
What is a person who buys and sells goods to make
money?
A. Silk Road
B. Age of Exploration
C. Merchant
C. Merchant
What was a soldier called during the 16th and 17th centuries who defeated indigenous people in the Americas and took their land for Spain?
A. Cartography
B. Conquistador
C. Achievement
B. Conquistador
What 2 explorers were conquistadors?
De Soto and Balboa
First European to see the Pacific Ocean
A. Hernando de Soto
B. Christopher Columbus
C. Vasco Nunez de Balboa
C. Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Which 2 explorers sailed for England?
A. Cabot and Hudson
B. De Soto and Balboa
C. Columbus and Cartier
A. Cabot and Hudson
What is a small village or community built in a new
space?
A. Silk Road
B. Settlement
C. Merchant
B. Settlement
What is a sheltered section along the shore of a large body of water where it is deep enough for ships to lay anchor?
A. Harbor
B. Mutiny
C. Navigation
A. Harbor
What is something that gets in the way or stops progress?
obstacle
Explored Newfoundland, Canada; claimed land for
England
A. John Cabot
B. Christopher Columbus
C. Vasco Nunez de Balboa
A. John Cabot
Which country said no to Christopher Columbus when he asked them for money to fund his voyage?
A. England
B. Portugal
C. United States
B. Portugal
What are the 3 G's?
A. Golf, Goats, Gum
B. Games, Goats, Gum
C. Gold, God, Glory
C. Gold, God, Glory
What is the word that means to rebel against
authority, especially on a ship?
A. Navigation
B. Harbor
C. Mutiny
C. Mutiny
Which two explorers were born in Italy?
Columbus and Cabot
Who sailed for France and named the land he claimed Canada?
A. John Cabot
B. Christopher Columbus
C. Jacque Cartier
C. Jacque Cartier
What was the route called that England, the Netherlands, and France encountered while trying to find a shortcut to spices and silks in Asia?
A. Hudson River
B. Mississippi River
C. Northwest Passage
C. Northwest Passage