Early Explorers
Who was the man that went to live in China and wrote about the amazing things he saw there?
Marco Polo
He explored and claimed for Spain much of the southern half of the United States.
Who was Hernando de Soto?
Fur, Friends, and Fish
Some voyages would find gold, furs and other valuables. They may also gain power, land and spread Christanity.
What were the 'benefits' of an expidition?
The reason Christopher Columbus called named the native 'Indians'
What is because he thought he landed in the "Indies"?
Christopher Columbus had a main reason for sailing West.
What was finding a water route to Asia?
Hernando Cortes conquered this empire in Mexico.
Who were the Aztecs?
Who is Prince Henry of Portugal?
This nation sponsored Christopher Columbus's expedition in 1492.
What was Spain?
Christopher Columbus thought he landed in this continent in 1492.
What is Asia?
These Europeans reached North America about 500 years before Columbus.
Who were the Vikings?
This Spanish Conquistador took control of the Inca Empire in Peru.
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
What were the three main reasons for Spanish Explorations?
God, Glory, and Gold
Henry Hudson suffered this fate on his final voyage.
What is a crew mutiny?
These 2 facts proved Christopher Columbus did not land in Asia.
What is Amerigo Vespucci's mapping and Balboa's expedition reaches the Pacific?
He led the first expedition to sail around the world.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
He was the first explorer to cross the isthmus between the Americas and reach the Pacific Ocean.
Who was Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
He explored and named the state of Florida for Spain.
Who was Juan Ponce de Leon?
He explored and claimed for Holland much of what is now New York.
Who was Henry Hudson?
This is why Christopher Columbus waited until after the Reconquista to sail west.
What is needing the support of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
Early explorers faced 3 major obstacles when it came to expeditions.
What is lack of technology, lack of money, and fear of the unknown.
He explored and claimed much of the southwestern United States for Spain.
Who was Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
What was the Northwest Passage?
Name three things an explorer needed to complete an expedition.
Ship, crew, and supplies.
This event kept Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand too busy to support Christopher Columbus before 1492.
What is the Reconquista?