Columbus and other Explorers Miscellaneous Exploring Vocab Explorers
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What is Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
The name of Columbus' 3 ships
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What is the Northwest Passage
Because the southern route was long and dangerous, many explorers searched for the
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What is ships or supplies
A cost to early exploration was
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What is a conquistador
Spanish explorers and soldiers
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Who is Ferdinand Magellan
His sailors were the first to sail around the world
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What is gold items, islands' animals and plants, Taino Indians
3 things Columbus brought back to the king and queen of Spain
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What is Protestants
The people who protested against actions of the Catholic Church were
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What is sinking or not finding anything
A risk to early exploration was
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What is cost
Effort made to achieve or gain something
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Who is John Cabot
Landed in the same areas of North America as the Vikings did years earlier
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Who is Hernando de Soto
He and his crew were the first to see the Mississippi River
300
What is the printing press
Johannes Gutenberg developed the ___________________ in the 1450's
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What is gunpowder and compass
Two Chinese inventions the Europeans were amazed with
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What is benefit
The reward gained for an effort
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Who is Hernando de Soto
He and his crew were the first to see the Mississippi River
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What is corn
Jacques Cartier brought ___________ back to Europe after meeting the Iroquois people
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What is fish
Jacques Cartier reported that they saw __________ the size of horses but they were actually walruses
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What is the city of gold
Francisco Vasques de Coronado was in search of
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What is Renaissance
This word means rebirth
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Who is Francisco Pizzaro
He and his soldiers conquered the Incas
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What is navigation
Prince Henry of Portugal started a school of
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What is river rapids
The obstacle that caused Jacques Cartier to turn around was
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What is the Treaty of Tordesillas
This was created to settle which areas/lands belong to which country
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What is an isthmus
A narrow strip of land that connects two large land masses
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Who is Hernando Cortes
LIght skinned fellow who conquered the Aztecs






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