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Chapter 3 GR 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Technology | The scientific knowledge and tools needed for such long trips |
| Navigation | the science of planning and following a route |
| Expedition | a trip taken with the goal of exploring |
| Empire | Made up of lands ruled by the nation that won control over them |
| Entrepreneurs | sets up and runs a business |
| Cost | Effort made to achieve or gain something, was the risk of an expedition |
| Benefit | Reward gained, was the chance of finding riches |
| Reconquista | The movement to make all of Spain catholic |
| Isthmus | A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| Treaty | An agreement between countries |
| Grants | Large sums of money that do not need to be payed back |
| Conquistador | Spanish explorers and soldiers |
| Reforms | Changes in the catholic church |
| Reformation | The period of reforms |
| Counter Reformation | the catholic church tried to keep its power through efforts |
| Missionaries | The church sent religious teachers to convert Native Americans the the Catholic Church |
| Elevation | Height of the land is measured from sea level |
| Contour Line | Connects all the points of equal elevation |
| Northwest Passage | a route to make travel to Asia faster, but was never found |
| Mutiny | rebellion |
| Hernando de Soto | explored and claimed for Spain much of the southern half of what is now the United States. |
| Henry Hudson | explored and claimed for Holland much of what is now the state of New York and the surrounding areas. |
| Francisco Vasquez de Coronado | explored and claimed for Spain much of what is now the Southwest United States. |
| Vasco Nunez de Balboa | explored the lands that connect the Americas and became the first Spanish explorer to reach the Pacific ocean |
| Juan Ponce de Leon | explored and claimed land for Spain in what is now the State of Florida |
| The Europeans to land in North America 500 years before Columbus | the Vikings |
| Which country sponsored Columbus' expedition in 1492? | Spain |
| Ferdinand Magellan | leader of the first trip to sail around the world |
| defeated the Aztec in Mexico | |
| Francisco Pizzaro | took control of the Inca Empire in Peru |
| What were Verrazano, Cartier and Hudson looking for on their expeditions? | the Northwest Passage |