Chapter 3 - Lesson 2 Flashcards
An explorer is
a person who travels looking for new lands and discoveries
A route is
the course you take to get somewhere
Portugal began to search for a water route to Asia by
sailing east around Africa 500 years ago in the 1480s.
When did the French begin searching for a water route to Asia?
In the 1500s
Long ago, people used spices to
keep food from spoiling
Spain hired _________ to sail to China to search for spices.
Christopher Columbus (explorer born in Italy)
Christopher Columbus sailed west from Spain and landed on an island of the coast of present-day
Florida
He called the people Indians because
he thought he had reached the East indies near southern China
Columbus set up a settlement on an island called
Hispaniola
The group of people that lived on Hispaniola were called
the Taino
Many of the Taino died because of
the diseases brought by the Spaniards
Amerigo Vespucci was a
spanish explorer who explored Venezuela. North and South America were named in his honor
The French arrived in North America in the
1520s
______ sailed the St. Lawrence River in 1535
Jacques Cartier
______ founded Quebec City in 1608
Samuel de Champlain
_____ tried to find the Northwest passage to India in 1634
Jean Nicolet
In 1682, _______ claimed the entire Mississippi region for France after he explained the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.
Robert de la Salle
In June 1497, _______arrived on the coast of North America and explored the coast before sailing back. England claimed all of North America
John Cabot
In 1580, _______ became the first English explorer to sail around the world.
Sir Francis Drake. He claimed the land now known as San Francisco for England
in 1609, _______ discovered a huge River in North America (Hudson River) while trying to find the Northwest Passage
Henry Hudson
A ____ shows when events took place
timeline
_____ are placed on a timeline in the order in which they happened
events
