Potpourri
I Sailed For ......
Europeans and
Their Impact
Vocabulary
Who Am I ?
100
He sailed with the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
I sailed for this country on a tiny ship called the "Half Moon."
What is Holland?
100
I made it possible to quickly sail from one side of North America to the other.
Who is Magellan?
100
They are the natives Columbus met on the islands of Puerto Rico, Haiti, and Dominican Republic.
Who are the Taino?
100
I am the reason for a day off in October in the United States.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
200
The number of times Columbus sailed to the New World.
What is 3?
200
I sailed for this King and Queen of this country and they funded my voyages during the 1400's.
What is Spain?
200
Hernando de Soto did this to many of the Native Americans such as the Choctaw, Creek, and Chickasaw.
What is burned villages? Spread diseases, or Starvation?
200
The name of the Spaniards invading Peru and Mexico.
What is a conquistador?
200
I was in search of the "fountain of youth" in Florida.
Who is Ponce de Leon?
300
This was the first profitable crop in the New World.
What is tobacco?
300
This explorer sailed for this country and led them to superiority over the seas.
What is England?
300
Franciso Vasquez de Coronado left Mexico in search of the "Seven Cities". He found this structure and left feeling defeated and bitter.
What is the Grand Canyon?
300
This was the buying and selling of people from Africa into North America, the Caribbean, and Europe.
What is the Atlantic Slave Trade?
300
I discovered a natural body of water from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
400
This is the body of water which is a mixture of salt water and fresh water.
What is a sound?
400
I sailed for this country and claimed the inner territory for Canada.
What is France?
400
Marco Polo opened up this route into Asia.
What is the Silk Road?
400
This is the name of the place slaves were held before their voyage to North America and Europe.
What is/are the baracoons?
400
This explorer named a colony in honor of King James I of England.
Who is John Smith?
500
This treaty split the world into the Spanish rights and Portuguese rights.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
500
This country led the way in european exploration until the early 1400's.
What is Portugal?
500
These people impacted the trade routes and imports from Africa into Asia
Who are the Muslims?
500
This is the act of taking goods into a port without permission.
What is smuggling?
500
I founded the city of Quebec in 1603.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?