Question | Answer |
opportunity | The chance to make a profit. |
cost | How making a profit will affect you negatively. |
sponsor | The country or people who pay for an expedition. |
Christopher Columbus | An Italian explorer, sponsored by Spain, who made four trips to the New World between 1492 and 1504. |
John Cabot | An Italian explorer, sponsored by England, who led the first English exploration of what is now Eastern Canada. |
Jacques Cartier | A French explorer who explored Eastern Canada, the St. Lawrence Gulf, and St. Lawrence River, while searching for the Northwest Passage. |
Northwest Passage | A route in northern Canada that leads to the Pacific Ocean, India, and China. |
Hernando de Soto | A Spanish explorer who landed in Florida, traveled through Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, and other areas, and crossed the Mississippi River. |
Henry Hudson | An Englishman who sailed for The Netherlands (Holland) and explored the Eastern USA, especially the New York City area. He later sailed for England. |
Vikings | A group of warrior explorers and traders who sailed from Northern Europe and stayed for several years in Eastern Canada. |
Vasco Nunez de Balboa | A Spanish explorer who landed in South America, crossed the isthmus of Panama, and sighted the Pacific Ocean. |
Silk Road | Not a real street, but a path where goods where shipped between Europe and Asia, especially India and China. |
compass | An invention which allows travelers to steer, even in bad weather and in the dark. |
gold, glory, God | The "three G's" where reasons for exploration by Europeans. |