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WMS E & E
Exploration & Explorers Test
| Person, Place, Event, Term | Answer |
|---|---|
| Christopher Columbus | Italian Explorer who who discovered the Carribean for Spain and began a busy trade system between Spain and the New World. |
| King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella | The King and Queen of Spain who sponsored Columbus's journey |
| Taino People | The Native people of the Carribean islands. These were the first people of the new world to meet Columbus |
| Vasco Da Gama | A Portuguese explorer who discovered an all water route to India. |
| Conquistador | The name of a type of Spanish explorer that conquered the new world by defeating many native empires. |
| Cortez | The conquistador that conquered the Aztec empire |
| Moctezuma | The leader of the Aztec empire |
| Pizzaro | The conquistador that conquered the Incan empire |
| The three G's | The three goals of the conquistadors: Gold, Glory, and God |
| Ponce de Leon | The conquistador that discovered Florida while searching for the fountain of youth. |
| Cibola | The mythical seven cities of gold |
| What type of colony was New France? | Government |
| What type of colony was New Spain? | Government |
| What type of colony was the New Netherlands? | Private Company |
| Main item traded in New France | Fur |
| Henry Hudson | Explorer who sailed for the Dutch. Claimed the Hudson River for the Netherlands. |
| Marquette & Joilet | 2 French explorers that claimed the Mississppi and the Great Lakes for France |
| La Salle | French explorer that claimed the mouth of the Mississippi for France |
| Original Name of New York City | New Amsterdam |
| Peter Stuyvesant | First governor of New Amsterdam |
| Columbian Exchange | The beginning of trade between the Old World (Europe) and the New World (the Americas) |
| Coronado | A conquistador that explored southwest North America looking for the seven cities of Cibola |
| Aztecs | An important Native empire from Mexico |
| Incas | An important Native empire from South America |
| Black Death | A horrible disease that killed thousands of people in Europe during the Middle Ages |
| Renaissance | A time of rebirth in learning about Greece and Rome. |
| Marco Polo | An Italian explorer that returned to Europe after a 17 year trip to China. He inspired other countries to trade with Asia. |
| Bartolome de las Casas | A Spanish priest that spoke out against slavery. |
| Reformation | A time during the Renaisance when the Christian church split into Catholicism and Protestantism |
| Middle Ages | The time in European history between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance |
| Equator | 0 degree Latitude. Divides the Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres. |
| Prime Meridian | 0 degree Longitude. Divides the Earth into Eastern and Western hemispheres. |
| Vikings | Explorers from Scandanavian Europe that came to the New World in 1000 BCE. |
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