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35 Cards in this Set
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The Smallest Island between
Europe and America. |
Iceland
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The Largest Island in the World.
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Greenland
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An Italian Explorer who claimed he
crossed the Atlantic Ocean four times. He wrote a note that he found the New World. |
Amerigo Vespucci
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A group of people from
Scandinavia who were always short on things, lands, and food. |
Vikings
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A body of land with water on three sides.
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Peninsula
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This German decided to name the
New World ________________... to honor the man he thought discovered it. |
America
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He commanded four Portuguese ships.
He also found a way to sail around Africa to India. |
Vasco da Gama
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Europe is the
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Old World
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Vasco de Balboa named it
"The Great South Sea". |
Pacific Ocean
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An English map maker who liked to sail
on the Mediterranean Sea and trade goods. |
John Cabot
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Indians in Mexico. |
Aztecs |
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The Aztecs' ruler |
Montezuma |
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In 1519, this Spanish explorer set out to conquer Mexico or to win it by force. |
Hernando Cortez |
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What did the Indians think of the Spaniards when they saw them for the first time? |
They thought that the Spaniards were white gods come to visit them. |
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Who conquered Mexico with his men after many years of fighting? |
Cortes |
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What did the French and English hope to find that would lead to even greater riches of the Indes? |
A sea route through America |
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This explorer set sail hoping to find a waterway through North America to the Pacific Ocean. |
Jacques Cartier |
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Where did Jacques Cartier plan to sail on to, if he could find a waterway through North America to the Pacific Ocean? |
China |
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List the three important things Cartier did for France. |
1. He opened the way for a valuable fur trade between the French and the Indians. 2. He made a lasting and valuable friendship between the French and the Indians. 3. Above all, Cartier's explorations gave France a claim to part of the New World. |
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This Spanish explorer explored throughout the Southwest and discovered the Grand Canyon. |
Francisco de Coronado |
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Area where Coronado discovered the Grand Canyon. |
Arizona |
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The Spanish explorer who discovered the Mississippi River. |
Hernando De Soto |
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The English sea captains who raided Spanish boats. |
Sea dogs |
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The most famous "sea dog". |
Sir Francis Drake |
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The French explorer who founded Quebec. |
Samuel de Champlain |
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The fabled cities which Coronado searched for, but never found. |
Seven Cities of Cibola |
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The greatest American river, discovered by De Soto. |
Mississippi River |
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The first permanent European settlement in the United States; the first lasting Spanish settlement in the New World. |
St. Augustine, Florida |
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Name first given to Canada. |
New France |
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The first successful French settlement in the New World. |
Quebec |
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This explorer was chosen to lead 300 Spaniards, as well as several hundred captive Indians in the search of the Seven Cities of Cibola. |
Francisco de Coronado. |
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A very rich Spanish explorer. |
Hernando de Soto |
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Who was queen during the time that pirates began to sail where only Spanish ships had sailed before? |
Queen Elizabeth I |
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What three powerful countries claimed land in the New World? |
England, Spain, and France |
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He was an explorer for gold. He called the Pacific Ocean "The Great South Sea". |
Vasco de Balboa |
