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100
sailed with three ships to look for riches and the Fountain of Youth.
Juan Ponce de León
100
Searched for a Northwest Passage. an Italian hired by the French.
Giovanni de Verrazano
100
A society relying on agriculture
Agarian
100
hired by the Spanish 4 voyages to West Indies and Caribbean Islands
Christopher Columbus
100
divided the New World along a north-to-south line in the Atlantic Ocean and allowed the Portuguese to claim land east of this line and the Spanish to claim land west of the line. This essentially allowed the Portuguese to colonize what is today Brazil.
Treaty of Tordesillas
100
An open rebellion involving a crew and its captain
Mutiny
200
left Spain to explore the Isthmus of Panama and to find a fast route from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Vasco Nùñez de Balboa
200
Explored Hudson Bay, Hudson River, and Hudson strait
Henry Hudson
200
system of trade for goods and services that uses money rather than barter, or an exchange of goods
monetary economy
200
Italian; explored the shores of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Labrador
John Cabot
200
Which explorer traveled this route?
Hernando De Soto
200
What were the motivations that drove the exploration of North America?
gold, shortcut to Asia for spices, God
300
explored Peru in South America. He was looking for gold. With 200 men and 40 horses, began to conquer coastal settlements. later captured the Inca emperor, Atahuallpa and slaughtered 2,000
Francisco Pizarro
300
Lawrence River to Lake Huron-Reached Lake Champlain
Samuel de Champlain
300
System of money
Currency
300
an imagined river passage through North America that Europeans believed would make travel between Europe and Asia faster and more efficient.
Northwest Passage
300
Built castillo de san marcos
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
300
French explorers learned that the Mississippi River emptied into
the Gulf of Mexico
400
discovered the Mississippi River
Hernando De Soto
400
Explored Northern Mississippi River and launched missions to spread Christianity!
Father Marquette and Louis Joliet
400
Spanish explorer
Conquistador
400
Difficult to find or catch
Elusive
400
The French increased the value of the land that was claimed by Jacques Cartier by
developing a successful fur trade with the Native Americans of North America.
The400
Who founded New Amaterdam
The Dutch
500
led an expedition that mapped the Gulf Coast of the United States and the coast of Texas
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
500
founded New Orleans, which became a significant French colonial city and trade
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
500
Reduction in quantity
Depletion
500
Castillo de San Marcos
500
A Chain of islands
Archipelago
500
could be easily carried, used for purchases, and exchanged for coins at the bank.
Bank Notes