Vocabulary
Elusive
difficult to locate
In which present-day location was the first permanent European settlement in North America?
Florida
Hernado de Soto was the first European explorer to do what?
See the Mississippi River
Which European country was the first to send explorers to the Americas?
Spain
Currency
a system of money
What explorer mapped the Gulf Coast region for the first time?
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
New Orleans and Quebec were founded by________
The French
What industry was developed by the French as a result of Jacques Cartier’s claims around the Gulf of St. Lawrence?
Fur trade
Agrarian
relying chiefly on agriculture and farming
What were the driven forces of European exploration?
The desire for cheaper spices
The desire for gold
The desire to spread Catholicism
Where was the land that Henry Hudson claimed for the Netherlands?
Northeastern United States
Southeastern Canada
What was the relationship between Champlain and the indigenous people?
Positive relationship
Mutiny
the rebellion of a ship’s crew against the captain
Why were Europeans interested in doing after the New World was discovered?
To establish new settlements
How did the French increase the value of the land that was claimed by Jacques Cartier?
The French developed a successful fur trade
Why do you think the explorers carefully mapped out the regions they discovered?
Visual representations of the land that they discovered
Northwest Passage
an imagined river passage through North America that Europeans believed would make travel between Europe and Asia faster and more efficient
What was the reason Henry Hudson was looking for a water route to the northwestern part of North America?
Faster way to get to Asia
What motivations drove the exploration of North America?
Desire for a Northwest Passage to support growing trade relations
Desire for other natural resources, such as precious metals and furs.
Which country increasingly became a threat to Dutch land holdings in North America?
English/England