Explorers
What did Christopher Columbus discover that he originally thought was Asia? (The New World or Australia)
The New World
This document gave permission to colonize land
A charter
Explorers wanted to find a route to Asia for what reason?
Buy exotic goods and spices
America is named after this man, who discovered Christopher Columbus had actually discovered the New World
Amerigo Vespucci
To circumnavigate means to..
travel around the world
Many searches for a Northwest Passage were significant because they raised interest in what continent? (North America or Africa)
North America
Who was the first navigator to circumnavigate the Earth? (Ferdinand Magellen or Christopher Columbus)
Ferdinand Magellen
Immunity means...
To have resistance to (a disease)
The Columbian Exchange had what deadly effects?
Infecting natives with disease.
The English colonized... (Jamestown or Tallahassee)
Jamestown
An astrolabe measures distance by charting the...
sun and stars
A ____ gave English settlers permission to start a colony (lease or charter)
Charter
Ponce de Leon landed in... (St. Augustine or Virginia)
hint: this place has a "fountain of youth"
St. Augustine
Their land
Who is America named after?
Amerigo Vespucci