The name of the explorer who was looking for the Fountain of Youth.
Who is Ponce De Leon?
100
Founded the area at the tip of South America and this Strait was named after him.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
100
The definition of expansion.
What is the actions of a country that occupies and controls another country. People often move from that country to the New Land.
100
Spaniard who conquered the Incas in Peru.
Who is Francisco Pizzaro?
100
a legendary sea route that would cut through the newly discovered continent allowing a more direct route to Asia.
What is the Northwest Passage?
200
Frenchman who discovered the St Lawrence River.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
200
Was sent by England in 1497 to explore the northern shores of North America. He discovered Nova Scotia, Labrador and Newfoundland. He explored north of Columbus.
Who is John Cabot?
200
the impact of expansion on the Native Americans.
What is they lost their homes, died in war and were conquered by the Spanish.
200
Known as english sea dog. Was given permission to rob Spanish treasure ships and claimed the area near Sanfrancisco for England.
Who is Francis Drake?
200
Vikings were from these Scandivian countries?
What are Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland?
300
Started the first French Settlement called Quebec and discovered Lake Champlain.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
300
The Italian who discovered the Grand Banks which provided them with plenty of fish.
Who is John Cabot?
300
the negative effects of exploration and expansion
What are contagious diseases, the loss of culture and religion and people die in war.
300
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand sent him to find a sea route to Asia by sailing west.
Who is Christopher Colunbus?
300
A series of christian wars that desired goods from Asia and stimulated exploration.
What are the crusades?
400
Was sent by Spain in 1513 to find gold and pearls at the Gulf of Darien.
Who is Vasco Nunez De Balboa.
400
An Italian explorer who sailed on a spanish ship to look for a "south star" that would solve the problem of longitude.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
400
Two ways a country could expand.
What is starting a war and conquering land owned by someone else and buying land. Today countries can expand by trading
400
There is a river in NewYork and a bay in Canada named after me? I explored the northern parts of Canada?
Who is Henry Hudson?
400
Spanish Explorer who first saw the Pacific Ocean.
Who is Balboa?
500
Spaniard who conquered the Aztecs of Mexico?
Who is Hernando Cortes?
500
He was first to realize that the land Columbus discovered was not the Indies but a new Continent.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
500
Three reasons why Europeans explored the 15th and 16th centuries.
What are because they were looking for trade routes to Asia, wanted to be powerful and wanted the land's riches.