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What continents make up America or the "New World"?
North and South America
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Who were the first to arrive in America?
The Native Americans (Indians)
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Who were the first recorded "explorers" to come to America?
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This European its credited with "finding" America. Who is it?
Christopher Columbus
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About what year did Leif Erikson come to America?
1000 AD
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Who paid for Columbus's voyage?
Spain
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What are the three reasons we discussed that started Europeans coming to America?
- The church started to lose power making exploration more acceptable.
- The development of navigational tools.
- The interest in trading with distant lands began to increase.
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What explorer is America named after?
Amerigo Vespucci
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Why did we name America after Vespucci and not Columbus?
Vespucci was the first to declare this land a "new world". Columbus thought he was in India.
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Name 3 reasons explorers may have chosen to explore.
- For the adventure - challenge
- Trade -
- Gold - wealth
- To find out more about the world
- To claim land for their country
- To find a easier way to get to Asia for spices
- To spread Christianity
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Name 3 problems/challenges explorers encountered.
- Sickness - scurvy, cholera, and dysentery
- maps were unreliable
- hunger - their food spoiled
- bad weather
- natives
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This person sailed for England in 1497.
John Cabot
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This person sailed for Spain in 1513 and is credited with finding Florida.
Juan Ponce de Leon
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This person is credited with being the first to discover the mainland of North America.
John Cabot
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This person sailed for Spain in 1519 to explore Mexico.
Juan Ponce de Leon
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This person sailed for France in 1535.
Jacques Cartier
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This person conquered the Aztecs in Mexico.
Hernando Cortes
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This person found Quebec, Canada.
Jacques Cartier
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This person sailed for Spain in 1541 and found the Grand Canyon as he explored the southwest area of the United States.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
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This person sailed for England in 1609 and is credited with finding 3 bodies of water that now have his name.
Henry Hudson
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This person Sailed for France in 1677 and is credited with finding the Great Lakes.
Robert de la Salle
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Name 2 positive impacts exploration had on America.
- Explorers brought cows, horses, sheep, chickens, and pigs
- The Spanish brought sugar
- The Native Americans were introduced to new crops like bananas, coffee, black pepper, and sugar
- The Native Americans introduced Europeans to new crops like potatoes, corn, chocolate, and tobacco
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Name 2 negative impacts of exploration of America.
- Europeans brought measles, smallpox, and other deadly diseases to America killing many Native Americans.
- Europeans brought rats over to America who ate a lot of food and spread diseases.
- Europeans brought slavery to North America.
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Know these items came FROM Europe TO America.
horses, cows, sheep, chickens, and pigs, bananas, coffee, black pepper and sugar
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Know these items came FROM America and were brought TO Europe.
potatoes, corn, chocolate, and tobacco
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