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Ch 5vocab
motives
lands claimed
Geography
Tragic Endings
100
A sickness that was brought by European explorers and spread quickly.
What is contagious disease ?
100
The name of the sailor that was sent by France to find the Northwest Passage.
Who is Jacques Cartier ?
100
He made the first European land claim in the New World
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
Masses of land, such as continents, islands, and peninsulas.
What are landforms?
100
The English explorer whose crew rebelled, leaving him on a boat with just him and his son, never to be seen again.
Who is Henry Hudson?
200
Spanish explorers who claimed land in the Caribbean and Central and South America.
Who are conquistadors?
200
The soldier that led an expedition in search of the fountain of youth.
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
200
Explorer who found Florida and claimed it for Spain
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
200
Lines on a map that run from the North Pole to the South Pole
What are lines of longitude?
200
The Italian merchant whose ship sank near Chesapeake Bay, keeping him from returning to England
Who is John Cabot?
300
Places ruled by another country, not by their people
What are colonies ?
300
The explorer that led an expedition to conquer the Aztec empire after hearing stories of a rich Mexican empire.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
300
The merchant who made England's first land claims in North America.
Who is John Cabot?
300
The name of the line at 0 degrees longitude
What is prime meridian?
300
The explorer who angrily strangled an Indian, because he did not find the gold and golden eagles he was searching for.
Who is Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
400
Name of the shortcut from Europe to Asia through North America that explorers searched for but never found.
What is the Northwest Passage?
400
The English sea captain who was sponsored by Holland and England to find a northern sea route to Asia.
Who is Henry Hudson?
400
The explorer who made France's first land claim in North America.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
400
The study of natural surroundings and how humans interact with them
What is Geography?
400
The explorer whose men fled an Aztec city with their pockets so greedily stuffed with gold, that they drowned in a lake.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
500
The name of a lighter, faster ship that was designed by Prince Henry
What is the caravel?
500
The Spanish nobleman who led an expedition in search of a city of gold.
Who is Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
500
The French nobleman that claimed the Mississippi Valley.
Who is Robert de la Salle?
500
The most accurate map on earth
What is a globe?
500
The explorer who set out on foot to find food for starving colonists and was murdered by his own men, because they were convinced he was crazy
Who is Robert de La Salle?