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Voyages of Discovery

Exams- Ms. Dubove

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America was named after this explorer? Vespucci
Claimed Brazil for Portugal? Cabral
Spanish treasurer who was shipwrecked off the coast of Florida and wandered through Texas and Mexico for 6 years? Cabeza de Vaca
Improved sailing ships that help facilitate early voyages? Caravel
The Father of New France? Champlain
Empire where the sun never sets; empire expanded through North, Central, and South America? Spain
Sailed South America's coast; 1519-1522 attempted to make a trip around the world; only 18 survived? Magellan
First permanent English colony settled in 1607? Jamestown
Italian sailor who sailed for Spain making a total of 4 voyages; helped to bring slavery to the New World and destroyed Native Americans? Colombus
In 1587, this Englishman founded the unseccessful colony of Roanoke, Virginia? Sir Walter Raleigh
Portuguese; brought the first African slaves to Europe as a gift to the Pope and established navigation centers? Prince Henry the Navigator
Panish conquistador who destroyed the Aztec empire by 1521; mistaken to be the G-d-King Quetzalcoatl? Cortez
In 1497 and 1498 this man sailed to India? Vasco de Gama
First Englishman to circumnavigate the globe; defeated the Spanish armada? Sir Francis Drake
Dominican priest who recorded the atrocities committed against Native Americans during Columbus' voyages? Bartoloma de las Casas
The first European to explore Latin America and see the Pacific Ocean was? Balboa
This Englishman landed in New Foundland as he searched for China? John Cabot
This Spanish conquistador dominated the Incas? Pizzaro
These Indians were the first to greet Columbus; only 600 survived? Arawak
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