European explorers and merchants had long been attracted to what part of the world?

Which European power created the West India Company by the end of the 1500s?

Which empire made it difficult for Europeans to reach Asia by land?

The Dutch established what colony in North America during the early 1600s?

Which phrase became known as a major motivation for European exploration?

What part of North America did French explorers like Samuel de Champlain colonize?

Voyages of discovery were made possible due to which inventions?

Which were the two primary French colonies in North America during the 1600s?

Which Portuguese prince began sponsoring fleets to explore along the coast of Africa?

Which two colonies did England establish in North America in the early 1600s?

The Portuguese took over control of trade in the Indian Ocean by merchants from which other civilization?

Compared to Spain and Portugal, how much did colonies contribute to the English economy during the 1600s?

Who did the Spanish monarchs sponsor to find a western route to Asia?

European expansion in Africa led to a dramatic increase in what?

Ferdinand Magellan was the first person to do what?

Which treaty was intended to help ease conflict between Spain and Portugal by splitting the world into two halves?

Which Spanish conquistador landed in Mexico, encountered the Aztec, and eventually conquered them for Spain?

Who was the Aztec emperor that was kidnapped by Cortes prior to being executed?

As colonies expanded, what trade network developed which saw the transfer of people, goods, and resources across the Atlantic Ocean?

Which European disease devastated Native American populations because they had no natural immunity?

In 1531, Francisco Pizzarro arrived in South America and conquered which indigenous civilization?

Exchange of goods, people, and resources from the Old World (Europe/Asia/Africa) to the New World (the Americas).

Small, fast, maneuverable ship with large cargo hold and lateen sails.

Leaders of Spanish conquest in the Americas.

Person born on the Iberian Peninsula, who temporarily lived in South America for political and economic gain.

1600s economic thought that the prosperity of a nation depended on having large supplies of gold or silver.

System of labor used by Spain in the Americas; Spanish landowners had right to use Native Americans as laborers.

Science of map making.

Settlement of people living in a new territory, still controlled by parent country.

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What were the motivations behind European exploration of distant lands?

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Who were they early explorers and conquerors, and what did they do?

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1/3: Where did European explorers outside Spain and Portugal go?

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