Spain
Sent out by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to sail the "wrong direction" to find the Indies.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The shortcut that was believed to connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Northwest Passage?
Permanent settlement France tried to establish in 1598.
What was New France?
First English settlement in North American.
What is Jamestown?
Group of Separatists who travels to a place for religious reasons.
What is a pilgrim?
Wealthiest empire in the world.
What is the Inca?
What is fish?
Bring in goods from another country.
What are imports?
Crop sold for a profit.
What is a cash crop?
Norse sailors who acted more like pirates.
What were the Vikings?
Demanded by Cortes for Moctezuma's freedom.
What is gold?
Explorer who's crew overthrew him and was placed in a small boat and never seen again.
Who is Henry Hudson?
Political or military partner.
What is an ally?
Colonist who harvested the first tobacco crop.
Send out goods to another country.
What is an export?
Columbus was sent out with three ships, the Nina, Pinta and this ship.
What is the Santa Maria?
A company of business people who shared the costs of a trading voyage.
What is a merchant company?
Seventeen year old explorer who by the end of his travels had seen four of the Great Lakes.
Who was Etienne Brule?
Where the Pilgrims set sail for Virginia.
What is Plymouth, England?
The Pilgrims ship.
What was the Mayflower?
Name given by Columbus which is Spanish for Indians.
What is Indios?
Henry Hudson ship that froze in the winter of 1610.
What is the Discovery?
First explorer to see Lake Michigan.
Who is Jean Nicolet?
A leader of a group of Native Americans.
What is a sachem?
Italian explorer who brought back paper money, gunpowder and new foods.
Who was Marco Polo?