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Chapter 3
People & Vocabulary
Balboa | Set up a farm in Hispaniola; Hid on a ship and landed in Panama; Discovered the Isthmus of Panama. |
Amerigo Vespucci | Sailed south of Columbus (South America). Realized it was not Asia; Later named America in his honor. |
Christopher Columbus | Believed he could reach Asia by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean. He found San Salvador. |
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand | Funded Columbus' voyages. Wanted him to spread Catholic religion to Asia, find wealth and claim lands. |
Marco Polo | Wrote a book about his travels to Cathay. It encouraged other explorers to begin expeditions. |
John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) | Discovered present day Canada. Funded by King Henry VII |
Ferdinand Magellan | Found the Pacific Ocean. First crew to sail around the world. |
Prince Henry of Portugal | Created a school of navigation which made better maps. |
Coronado | Looked for the Seven Cities of Gold. Never found gold, but claimed southwestern U.S. for Spain. |
Ponce de Leon | Looked for the Fountain of Youth. Found Florida and claimed for Spain. |
Hernando DeSoto | Explored Southeastern U.S. First to see the Mississippi River. |
Francisco Pizarro | Took control of the Inca Empire. Forced them to accept Christianity. |
Hernando Cortez | Defeated the Aztecs and founded Tenochtitlan which became Mexico City and the center of the Spanish Empire. |
Henry Hudson | Claimed the Hudson River and the Hudson Bay and the areas around it for the Netherlands. He crew mutinied (rebelled) and Hudson was never seen again. |
Martin Luther | German priest that started the Reformation. Began the Protestant churches. |
Jacque Cartier | Searched for the Northwest Passage. Founded the St. Lawrence River and claimed it for France. |
Giovanni de Verrazano | Searched for the Northwest Passage. Landed in North Carolina. |
Renaissance | Rebirth |
Expedition | Trip taken with the goal of exploring. |
Reconquista | Movement in Spain to force Muslims to become Catholic. |
Compass, Astrolabe, Map, and Chronometer | Tools for navigation. |
Counter Reformation | Catholic Church's effort to keep power during the Reformation. |
Northwest Passage | belief that Asia could be reached more easily through or around North America. |
Conquistadors | Spanish explorers and soldiers that conquered lands. |
Missionaries | Religious Teachers |
Navigation | Tools for aiding sailors and travel |
Isthmus | Narrow strip of land connecting two larger lands. |