He was an Italian man who wanted to find a better way to get to the Indies to get gold and spices.
What is Christopher Columbus
100
A journey made for a special purpose
What is an expedition
100
What did the Eastern Hemisphere bring to the west
What is animals, sugarcane, smallpox
100
daughter of Chief Powhatan, helped maintain peace between Indians and colonists, married an English settler
What is Pochahontas
100
The Silk Road was a major trade route between where
What is China and other lands
200
The king of Spain who Columbus talked to about his plan
What is King Ferdinand
200
According to some historians, Columbus may have reached these
What is the Bahama Islands
200
What was shipped back to the East from the West
What is variety of food (corn, tomatoes, potatoes, beans, cocoa, turkey)
200
He was kidnapped by English fishermen and was sent to be an interpreter during negotiations with colonists and taught many skills
What is Squanto
200
Who invented the magnetic compass or what was it used for
What is the Chinese or it made it possible for sailors to determine their direction while at sea
300
The queen of Spain during the time of Columbus
What is Queen Isabella
300
A settlement far from the country that rules it
What is a colony
300
What were two goals of Spainish going to the Americas
What is to start a colony to increase profits to Spain, and to bring Christianity
300
He established the English colony of Jamestown, Virginia and led colonists through difficult times
What is John Smith
300
A group of traders traveling together (example: one of these crossed Africa's Sahara desert)
What is a caravan
400
A European influenced by Columbus and was the first to call America a "new world"
What is Amerigo Vespucci
400
A name for the islands and region that Columbus may have reached
What is the West Indies
400
When Europeans went to the West Indies, what happened to the native people who lived there
What is their way of life changed, they were forced to work on farms growing sugarcane
400
She was the co-founder of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, she also organized religious meetings and was banished from Massachusetts Bay colony by Puritan leaders
What is Anne Hutchinson
400
The king of Mali's empire in the early 1300's and he was known for his great wealth
What is Mansa Musa
500
A Portuguese man who led the first expedition around the world
What is Ferdinand Magellan
500
A movement of people, animals, plants, diseases, and ways of life between the Eastern and Western hemispheres
What is the Columbian Exchange
500
What is something positive and something negative from the Columbian Exchange
What is pro-increased shipping, more goods and trade, many Europeans came to the Americas (pro or con) con-spread disease, changed way of life for native people
500
An explorer from France who traveled around the St. Lawrence River and founded the city of Quebec
What is Samuel de Champlain
500
How did the use of sea routes change in the 1400's
What is advances in sailing allowed boats to travel faster and farther to go beyond coastal waters