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Age of Discovery
Explorers, commissioning country, discovery,
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Christopher Columbus | Spain; West Indies; |
| de Soto | Spain; Mississippi River/Southern U.S. region |
| de Coronado | Spain; S.W. United States region |
| Cortez | Spain; Mexico/Aztec Empire |
| Pizzarro | Spain; South America/Incan Empire |
| Magellan | Spain; Circumnavigate the Globe |
| Hudson | England/Netherlands; N.W. Passage/Canada |
| de Champlain | France; Quebec |
| Jacques Cartier | France; Canada/St Lawrence River |
| de la Salle | France; Mississippi River Valley |
| Drake | England; North & South America/Circumnavigate globe |
| de Balboa | Spain; Pacific Ocean |
| Dias | Portugal; Souther tip of Africa |
| da Gama | Portugal; India |
| Cabral | Portugal; Brazil |
| John Cabot | England; North America/Canada |
| Mercantilism | Economic system following idea where a Nation's strength depended on its wealth |
| Capitalism | Economic system where most economic activity is carried out by private individuals |
| inflation | steady increase in prices |