This person thought he had found a faster route to Asia, but was really in the Bahamas (N. America)
Christopher Columbus
200
Wrote a book about his travels to Asia. This book later inspired Christopher Columbus to become an explorer
Marco Polo
200
Founded a school for sailors to teach better methods of sailing
Henry the Navigator
200
He was the first to sail around the world
Ferdinand Magellan
200
Discovered the Mississippi River
Hernando De Soto
200
Claimed land in Canada for France
Jacques Cartier
300
There were more than 1 million Arawak "Indians" when Columbus arrived in the 1490's. About how many remained just 150 years after Columbus arrived on their island
0
300
Was the first to sail around the southern tip of Africa
Bartolomeu Dias
300
Discovered the Pacific Ocean
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
300
Was the first to realize that Columbus didn't discover a faster route to Asia and that it was actually a "New World." America is also named after him
Amerigo Vespucci
300
Founded a colony for France that is now the city of Quebec, Canada
Samuel de Champlain
400
Define the word "circumnavigate"
to go all the way around the globe
400
Was the first to sail from Europe to Asia by sailing around Africa
Vasco Da Gama
400
Founded San Juan, Puerto Rico and also discovered Florida
Juan Ponce De Leon
400
How many voyages to the Americas did Columbus make
4
400
Started the 1st colony in Virginia
Sir Walter Raleigh
500
Why did plantation owners in the new colonies (the United States) turn to enslaved Africans as a labor force?
For cheap labor; already immune to European diseases
500
What is a plantation
Large farms that grew one kind of crop
500
What effects do you think slavery had on the populations and cultures of West African countries
loss of male population; devastation of traditional economy; disintegration of traditional culture
500
The name of the tribe that greeted Columbus when his ships landed. He would later kill them and take them to be his slaves
Arawak
500
What factors led Europeans to begin their voyages of exploration? (must give at least two reasons)
The desire to make money by finding safer and faster trade routes; interest in Asian culture; desire to spread Christianity;