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Ch 2 Discovering AL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Navigator | A person who navigates or directs the course of a trip or a mode of transportation |
| Cartographer | a map maker |
| melding | uniting, combining |
| Conquistador | Spanish explorer, solder |
| immortal | living forever, not dying |
| devastating | causing widespread destruction |
| Tuberculosis | a contagious lung disease |
| Who landed in Newfoundland about 1,000 years ago? | Vikings or Norsemen |
| Who was an Italian navigator who reached the northern coast of South America in 1499? | Amerigo Vespucci |
| Spanish explorers came to the New World searching for | gold and silver |
| Who landed in the Western Hemisphere while looking for a trade route to Asia? | Christopher Columbus |
| The Spanish arrived in Alabama during the late ______ period. | Mississippian |
| In 1528 _______ a Spanish explorer sailed for Florida with a large group of men. | Pantilo Narvarze |
| ___________had the continents of North and South America named in his honor becuase of his travels. | Amerigo Vespucci |
| ________was captured by the Indians and lived with them for many years. | juan Ortiz |
| Hernando de Soto brought ______and ______ on his expedition. | soldiers, supplies |
| An entrada is an _________. | entrance |
| Who lost more mmmean at Maubila? Spanish or Indians? | Indians |
| The Europeans brought ____and _____ to the New World. | illness, war |