Age of Exploration

Question 1

Reasons for European Exploration

Answer 1

Need for resources, Find gold, More land, Find faster route to India & China, Spread Christianity

Question 2

The Vikings

Answer 2

Sailors & warriors from Scandinavia, 1st Europeans in North America, Reached New Foundland, Canada, 932 A.D.

Question 3

Christopher Columbus

Answer 3

Cristoforo Colombo; Italian sent by Spain, Tried to reach Asia, Landed in the Caribbean Islands in 1492, Made 4 total voyages, Claimed land for Spain

Question 4

John Cabot

Answer 4

Giovanni Caboto; Italian send by England, Looked for route to Asia, Explored the coast of New Foundland, Canada in 1497, Claimed land for England, Made 3 voyages across the Atlantic

Question 5

Amerigo Vespucci

Answer 5

Italian navigator on Spanish ship, Wrote a popular book about travels, North & South America were named for him

Question 6

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

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Spanish explorer, Crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, 1st European to reach the Pacific through the New World

Question 7

Jacques Cartier

Answer 7

French explorer, Sailed up St. Lawrence River looking for a NW Passage, Named & claimed Canada for France, Made 3 voyages to explore Canada

Question 8

Juan Ponce de Leon

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Spanish explorer & governor of Puerto Rico, Searched for a mythical “Fountain of Youth”, Claimed Florida for Spain in 1513

Question 9

Hernan Cortes

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Spanish conquistador, Conquered the Aztecs in 1519-1521, Claimed Mexico for Spain

Question 10

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Answer 10

Spanish explorer & conquistador, Searched for the mythical “7 Cities of Gold”, 1st European to see the Grand Canyon & American southwest, Claimed land north of Mexico for Spain

Question 11

Henry Hudson

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Englishman who sailed for the English and Dutch, 1609-1611, Claimed Hudson River and modern NY for Dutch, Claimed Hudson Bay area for England

Question 12

Robert de La Salle

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French explorer, Explored & established forts from the Great Lakes down the Mississippi River, Claimed Louisiana for France

Question 13

Vasco Da Gama

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Portuguese explorer, Commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. Began a lucrative trade route between India and Europe that brought great wealth to Portugal

Question 14

Francis Drake

Answer 14

English sea captain, privateer, and pirate of the Elizabethan era. Famously defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588, The first Englishman to successfully sail around the world from 1577 to 1580

Question 15

Jacques Cartier

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French explorer, Claimed present-day Canada for France in 1534, Made 3 trips that explored the eastern coast of modern-day Canada, Acknowledged that the New World was a separate land mass from Europe/Asia

Question 16

Ferdinand Magellan

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Portuguese explorer, His expedition became the first one to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean and the first to cross the Pacific, Completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth (Didn’t complete entire voyage)

Question 17

Queen Elizabeth

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Supported exploration and funding for the navy, Led to the defeat of the Spanish Armada, Ruler of the golden age, Funded all the voyages

Question 18

Zheng He

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Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, and fleet admiral, Commanded voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, and East Africa, Sailed huge treasure ships to Africa and India, bringing back great wealth for these empire for the emperor of China

Question 19

Prince Henry the Navigator

Answer 19

Prince of the Kingdom of Portugal; Responsible for the early development of European exploration and maritime trade with other continents

Question 20

The Three G’s

Answer 20

God, Glory, Gold

Question 21

Missionaries

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Spanish Priests, Built Missions where they taught Christianity to Natives

Question 22

Mercantilism

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Economic theory that a country gains power by building up its wealth - specifically gold & silver

Question 23

Impacts from The New World

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New industries, Increased trade, better nutrition and health, etc

Question 24

Triangle of Trade

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A transatlantic trading network, Connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas, Explored natural resources and manufactured goods and enslaved people, Included the Middle Passage

Question 25

Middle Passage

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Voyage that brought captured Africans to the West Indies and Americas to be sold into slavery

Question 26

Peninsulares

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People born in Spain

Question 27

Creoles

Answer 27

People of European descent born in the colonies

Question 28

Mestizos

Answer 28

People of mixed Native American and European descent

Question 29

Mulattoes

Answer 29

People of mixed African and European descent

Question 30

Francisco Pizarro

Answer 30

Spanish conquistador, Conquered the Incan Empire, Founded the city of Lima, Peru, Brought back immense wealth of precious metals to Spain

Question 31

Samuel de Champlain

Answer 31

French explored, Founded New France & Quebec City in modern-day Canada, First European to explore & describe the Great Lakes