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European Exploration
Georgia's role in European Exploration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Spanish explorer who was first to travel through Georgia | Hernandez Desoto |
| The 3 reasons for European Exploration | Gold, Glory, God |
| The imaginary line that prevented the Portuguese from colonizing in North America | demarcation line |
| The exchange of animals and plants between Europe, Africa, and the New World | Columbian Exchange |
| The Italian who was given credit for discovering the New World | Christopher Columbus |
| The 3 European Countries that settled parts of North America | England, France, Spain |
| Name of the undersea river that made it possible for European explorers to find the coasts of North America | Gulf Stream |
| What Columbus called the natives when he landed in San Salvador | Indians |
| This man’s 1477 publication led many Europeans to believe that China’s riches could be reached by ship. | Marco Polo |
| What religious men did Desoto bring with him on his explorations? | Priests |
| An all-water route to Asia through the North American Continent | Northwest Passage |
| Why was Desoto’s exploration considered a failure? | He Found no GOLD |
| Three deadly diseases brought by Europeans that killed thousands of Indians in the Americas | Smallpox, Influenza, Measles |
| The Indian culture that Desoto witnessed in Georgia | Mississippians |
| Where did Desoto die? | In Arkansas, along the Mississippi River |
| The oldest still standing city in America | St. Augustine |
| Many Indians died from this when the Spanish brought it from Europe | Disease |
| A trader who buys goods from producers and sells them to other traders and consumers | middlemen |
| Group of people who settle in a new land but keep ties to their homeland | Colony |
| Items Europeans wanted that were found in Asia | dyes, silk, tea, spices |
| The explorers spread disease but what were they hoping to spread? | Christianity |
| Columbus had what two major problems with his ideas of reaching the far east by traveling west | The earth was much larger, and there was a continent in the way (North America) |
| This was an exchange between Europe and the New World | Columbian Exchange |
| What did Desoto claim he was so the Indians would not rebel against him? | The Sun God |
| Which explorer named Florida? | Ponce de Leon |
| Which mission became the third mission of the Spanish, and gave a name to the Creek Indians? | Guale (Wally) |
| What two ways did the Spanish use the missions? | As a fort for protection and as a church for the spread of the Catholic religion |
| Which Georgia city claims to be the second oldest city in America? | St. Mary's |
| What landform kept Desoto away from the gold in Georgia? | Fall Line |
| The belief that a country should export more than it imports | mercantilism |
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