Vocabulary
What is a territory that is controlled by a stronger country called?
Colony
Name one Portugal Explorer.
Bartolomeu Diaz
Vasco da Gama
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Amerigo Vespucci
Which three territories/ present-day states were claimed by the Dutch?
New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut
What non-food was transferred from Europe to the Americas that caused many people to die?
Diseases
What two types of water masses were named after Henry Huson?
A river and a bay
Which tool has with a magnetic pointer that points north?
Compass
What country did these Explorers come from?
Giovanni da Verrazzano, Jacques Cartier, and Samuel de Champlain.
France
French explorer Samuel de Champlain founded which places/colonies?
Quebec and Canada
Out of the three choices, which two types of foods were traded in the Columbian Exchange?
-peppers
-corn
-wheat
peppers and corn
Where did Christopher Columbus land?
What is the act of traveling in search of new lands, ideas, and/or things called?
Exploration
Hernán Cortés, Francisco Pizarro, and Henando de Soto were from what country?
Spain
Sir Walter Raleigh named this territory in honor of his queen.
What two goods did Sir Walter Raleigh introduce to England?
Tobacco and potato
What ocean did the Columbian Exchange circle?
Atlantic Ocean
What is a Spanish explorer and conqueror called?
CONQUISTADOR
Which country sent John Cabot and Sir Walter Raleigh to the Americas?
Which colony did Portugal claim?
BRAZIL
Which country had a trade agreement with the Dutch?
India
Before finding the Americas, explorers first wanted to find an all water route to which continent?
Asia
What is the name of the transatlantic trade system of goods to and from the Americas, Europe and Africa called?
COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
Which English explorer was hired by the Dutch?
Henry Hudson
What is the name of the FIRST English settlement in the Americas? (Hint: The first settlers did not survive.)
Roanoke
Which country became wealthy for trading fur?
France
Which country acquired the most land and became the wealthiest because of exploration?
Spain