Early Exploration
Christopher Columbus landed on an island whose name means Holy Savior in Spanish. This island is named:
San Salvador
This explorer was the first to sail around the world:
Ferdinand Magellan
Conquistadors means________________ in Spanish
Conquerors
The Northwest Passage was rumored to connect these two bodies of water
Atlantic and Pacific oceans
Christopher Columbus set sail on 3 ships, the :
Nina, Pinta, SantaMaria
Magellan sailed up many_________________looking for a passageway through the continent of South America, but had to turn around repeatedly
rivers
Spanish Kings offered these as payment for exploration
Grants
Explorer Verrazano actually landed on the coast of this state
North Carolina
Columbus called the people he encountered "Indians"
because he thought he landed in
India
This explorer was the first to conclude that he, Columbus, and others had discovered not Asia, but an unknown Island
Amerigo Vespucci
Ponce De Leon discovered ____________in 1513.
Florida
French Explorers became friendly with these Native Amnericans:
Iroquois
Spreading this to the new world was also a goal of Columbus's.`
Catholic Religion
The explorer Balboa is known for crossing the ______________ of ______________and finding the _______________Ocean
Isthmus of Panama, Pacific
This man is responsible for the destruction of the Aztec Empire
Hernando Cortes
Cartier was the first European to reach:
Canada
Columbus asked for the King and Queens support a second time, after this important event:
Spain was united under one religion
How many of Magellan's original sailors made it back from the journey around the world?
18
Cortes had the Aztecs trust because they thought he was....
a God
True or False : The Northwest Passage was eventually found.
False