Terms
Early Explorers
Conquistadors
NW Passage
Colonization
100
Another name for map making.
What is cartography?
100
Early Portuguese explorer that established navigation schools for mariners.
Who was Prince Henry (The Navigator)?
100
Ponce de Leon discovered this important current sailing around Florida.
What was the Gulf Stream?
100
Cabot sailed for England discovering this area along the Canadian coast.
What is New Foundland?
100
Samuel Champlain founded this early French colony along the St. Lawrence River.
What was Quebec?
200
People native to a certain region or area.
What is indigenous?
200
He made 4 voyages to the New World exploring mainly the Caribbean and Cen. American coastline for Spain.
Who was Columbus?
200
After crossing the Isthmus of Panama Balboa discovered this new ocean.
What is the Pacific?
200
1st French explorer that searched for the NW Passage along N. America's coast.
Who was Verrazzano?
200
The oldest European colony in N. America founded by the Spanish.
Where is St. Augustine?
300
Study of the weather or climate.
What is meteorology?
300
Name of Chinese Admiral Zheng He's magnificent ships that made 7 voyages around the Indian Ocean.
What were the Treasure Ships?
300
Legendary conqueror of Montezuma's Aztec Empire in Mexico.
Who was Hernan Cortes?
300
Jacques Cartier's exploration for France discovered this important waterway in Canada.
Where is the St. Lawrence River?
300
Another name for the enslavement and forced migration of Africans to the New World.
What was the African Diaspora?
400
17th century economic theory that allowed the mother country to become self-sufficient by trading with its colonies.
What was mercantilism?
400
This Portuguese explorer sail beyond the Cape of Good Hope reaching Goa, India in 1498.
Who was Vasco da Gama?
400
While searching for the fabled 7 Cities of Cibola in the American SW Coronado's expedition discovered this famous natural wonder.
What is the Grand Canyon?
400
Dutch explorer reportedly lost in the Arctic Circle above Russia searching for the NW Passage.
Who was William Barents?
400
During Spanish colonization this forced labor system used Native-Americans to work on plantations.
What was the Encomienda?
500
Refers to the use of sea power.
What is maritime?
500
He reached the coastline of S. America claiming the future nation of Brazil for Portugal.
Who was Pedro Cabral?
500
Francisco Pizarro's search for wealth and fame allowed him to conquer this famous empire in the Andes.
Who were the Inca?
500
He explored the N. American coastline and later perished in the bay named after him.
Who was Henry Hudson?
500
Largest multiracial group as a result of Spanish colonization in Latin America.
Who are the Mestizos?