Vocab
Exploration
What does indigenous mean?
Native to the land
List technologies that European explorers used
Compass, Astrolabe, Caravel, etc
What did Jacque Cartier do?
St. Lawrence River, Settled in Montreal
A small fast ship which can maneuver the winds and sail close to shore
Caravel
Conquistador
Who did Portugal claim?
Brazil
What did Henry Hudson do?
Hudson River, explored up the east coast from Quebec to New York
All water route that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean by voyaging above North America through the Arctic Ocean.
Northwest Passage
A long and difficult travel route by sea?
Voyage
What closed in China that increased European Exploration?
The Silk Roads
Who sent explorers Vasco Nunez de Balboa and Hernan Cortes to claim land?
Spain
A dangerous and deadly journey of African slaves across the Atlantic Ocean
A transatlantic trade system of goods across the Atlantic to and from the American colonies with Europe and Africa
Columbian Exchange
Tell me one positive and one negative impact of European Exploration
Sir Walter Raleigh claimed two territories. Name them both for full points.
Virginia and Roanoke