Christopher Columbus
Columbus believed he could reach ______ and the East by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean - _______ passage.
What is Asia?
What is the Northwest?
They believed they had landed in the ______, so he called the people there "Indians".
What are the Indes?
________ of people, products, and ideas between the hemispheres.
What is Transfer?
Set off in 1603 to explore and map lands along the ____________ River.
What is the Saint Lawrence River?
Founded two missions along the ___________ by 1670.
What are the Great Lakes?
Columbus was actually from ________, but his king wouldn't fund his expedition.
What is Portugal?
He then set sail again to find Japan and thought he reached Japan but it was actually ______.
What is Cuba?
Europeans introduced cows, hogs, other domestic animals, wheat, oats, ________, _________, and ________ to the Americas.
What are smallpox, chickenpox, and measles?
What is Quebec?
In 1673, he and Louis Joliet paddled to what is now _________, Wisconson.
What is Green Bay?
He moved to _____ and their king and queen agreed to fund his trip.
What is Spain?
Columbus set sail again in September 1493 with about ______ people to colonize the "West Indies".
What is 1500?
Americans introduced the Europeans to llamas, turkeys, squirrels, and ________.
What are muskrats?
Quebec profited from ___ and ___ they traded to the Native Americans and sent back to Europe.
What are fish and furs?
Jaques and Louis continued until they found the _________ River.
What is Mississippi?
In August 1492, about 90 men aboard the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria set sail to find the __________.
What is the Northwest Passage?
On his third expedition, he reached South America and thought he had reached ______.
What is Asia?
Took place in the ____ and ____ centuries.
What are the 15th and 16th?
Colonists in Quebec began farming in large numbers in the late ____.
What is 1600s?
They followed the Mississippi River until it reached the _______ River, then turned around.
What is Arkansas?
They believed his trip would last about 21 _____. But they didn't spot land until October 12.
What are days?
When he died in 1506, he had not realized that ____________ was not Asia.
What is South America?
Named after ________.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Samuel de Champlain was from ______.
What is France?
Where was Jaques Marquette born?
France.\