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Columbus
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2. America was named after him.

3. Amerigo Vespucci

4. He discovered Florida.

5. Ponce De Leon

6. Spanish Conquistador who lands in Mexico and defeats the Aztecs.

7. Hernan Cortez

8. He is the man that conquered the Incas in Peru.

9. Francisco Pizzaro

10. He was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean and named the body of water.

11. Balboa

12. He was the Leader of the Aztecs.

13. Moctezuma

14. The Monarch of England who encouraged and financed new expeditions
The Monarch of England who encouraged and financed new expeditions. Defeated the Spanish Armada.

15. Queen Elizabeth

16. These monarchs of Spain agreed to pay for Christopher Columbus’ journeys when no one else would.

17. Ferdinand and Isabella

18. The Prince of Portugal who set up a school to encourage sea exploration.

19. Henry the Navigator

20. The monarch of England who caused conflict with his rivals by creating the Church of England.

21. Henry VIII

22. Name 2 of Christopher Columbus’ ships from his 1st Voyage.

23. Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria

24. The island that Columbus
landed on first when he
discovered America. .

25. San Salvador (Bahamas)

26. The Native American group that greeted Columbus and were nearly wiped out several decades later.

27. The Taino

28. Columbus brought back this to Spain in exchange for not having large amounts of gold.

29. Native American Slaves

30. Although Columbus incorrectly thought he landed in Asia, he did
accurately estimate the distance
between these two continents.

31. Europe and Asia

32. He and his crew are credited
with being the first to
sail around the World.

33. Magellan

34. Queen Elizabeth to raid Spanish ships returning
He was commissioned by
Queen Elizabeth to raid Spanish ships returning
from North America with riches.

35. Francis Drake

36. French Explorer who founded Quebec City, Canada
French Explorer who founded Quebec City, Canada. He was also called the Father of New France.

37. Champlain

38. Italian, while sailing for England, who explored the mainland of North America and the first to search for the Northwest Passage.

39. John Cabot

40. While sailing for the Dutch, this Englishman explored New York and the river named after him.

41. Henry Hudson

42. Polio, Measles, Typhus, Smallpox
Of the following diseases NOT brought to the New World by the Europeans:
Polio, Measles, Typhus, Smallpox

43. Polio

44. The Three G’s for the motivation for Exploration.

45. Gold, God, Glory, Greed

46. Economic system in the New World started by the Portuguese and used by the Spanish in which Native Americans were enslaved and worked in harsh conditions on plantations..

47. Encomienda System

48. This country’s trade route to Asia during the 1400’s went south around the tip of Africa.

49. Portugal

50. Two of the three things that was important to the Europeans after the Crusades.

51. Coffee, tea, spices, silk