Lesson 1
The _________ were the "great unknown" for people of Europe in the 1400's.
oceans
____________ was the first European to sail around the tip of Africa.
Bartolomeu Dias
John Cabot was an Italian who sailed for ______________?
England
An ally is _______________.
a political or military partner
I named the land I explored "La Florida", or "place of flowers."
Juan Ponce de Leon
How do merchants make a living?
They buy and sell goods.
Which country paid for Columbus's journey in 1492?
Spain
Who hired Henry Hudson to find the Northwest Passsage?
the Dutch East India Company
The main goal or reason for doing something is _______.
intent
This is the word for a Spanish soldier who explored the Americas.
conquistador
The ___________ was a trade route from China to western Asia.
Silk Road
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The movement of people, plants, animals and disease across the Atlantic Ocean
What did Brule find instead of the Northwest Passage?
the Great Lakes
A person who tries to persuade people to accept new religious beliefs.
missionary
The spaniards enslaved us on our own land.
Native Americans
What is navigation?
the science of determining a ship's location and direction of travel
How did the foods from the Americas change European diets?
Corn, tomatoes, and potatoes made European diets healthier.
Who was the first European to reach Lake Michigan?
Jean Nicolet
To declare ownership of something.
claim
This city was the center of trade in New Netherland.
New Amsterdam
How was the caravel a better ship?
It had a rudder and a large middle sail that caught more wind.
Conquistadors are ____________________________.
Spanish conquerors
What did Peter Minuit trade with the Manhates to buy New Netherland?
goods worth 60 Dutch guilders
The science of finding direction and getting ships from place to place.
navigation
New France mainly exported which good to Europe?
fur