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Exploration and Colonization

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  • Q1
    A water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific through northern Canada and along the northern coast of Alaska. Sought by navigators since the 16th century.
    Northwest Passage
    30s
  • Q2
    The exchange of diseases, plants, animals, and humans between the Old World and the New World.
    Columbian Exchange
    30s
  • Q3
    A tool used in navigation to help explorers and sailors figure out where they were. They found their the distance north and south of the equator by measuring the distance of the sun and stars above the horizon.
    astrolabe
    30s
  • Q4
    Chinese invention that aided navigation by showing which direction was north.
    magnetic compass
    30s
  • Q5
    A small, easily steerable ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in their explorations
    caravel
    30s
  • Q6
    An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought
    mercantilism
    30s
  • Q7
    Italian explorer who landed in the West Indies claimed the land for Spain and is credited for discovering America
    Christopher Columbus
    30s
  • Q8
    English explorer who claimed Newfoundland for England while looking for Northwest Passage
    John Cabot
    30s
  • Q9
    Spanish Explorer who discovered and named Florida while searching for the "Fountain of Youth"
    Juan Ponce de Leon
    30s
  • Q10
    Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico for Spain (1485-1547)
    Hernan Cortes
    30s
  • Q11
    French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river looking for the Northwest Passage and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557)
    Jacques Cartier
    30s
  • Q12
    Spanish explorer who heard stories about the Seven Cities of Gold called Cibola and set out to find it. He is the first to explore the southwestern part of North America.
    Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
    30s
  • Q13
    Discovered what today is known as the Hudson River. Sailed for the Dutch even though he was originally from England. He was looking for a northwest passage through North America.
    Henry Hudson
    30s
  • Q14
    Frenchman who followed the Mississippi River all the way to the Gulf of Mexico, claiming the region for France and naming it Louisiana in honor of King Louis XIV
    Robert de La Salle
    30s
  • Q15
    phrase used to describe the general reasons that motivated Europeans during the Age of Exploration
    Gold, Glory, God
    30s

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