Routes of Exploration to the New World

Chapter 5 Review

I was a French nobleman who paid for my own journey with the support of a wealthy friend. I was a fur trader and learned Indian languages.

Robert de La Salle

A term to describe places ruled by another country, not by their own people.

colonies

I was born in Genoa, Italy. I convinced Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain to pay for my voyage. I made the first European land claims in the New World.

Christopher Columbus

The name for Spanish explorers who claimed land in the Caribbean

conquistadors

I am a Spanish nobleman who was in search of a city of gold.

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Southeast Asia, including India, Indonesia, and

Malaysia

East Indies

A young shopkeeper and skilled navigator. Merchants in England paid for his voyage. He sailed the eastern coast of Canada in search of Asia. His ship sank and he never returned to England.

John Cabot

I sailed near the Arctic Circle in search of Asia. After my crew rebelled, I sailed west across the Atlantic. I found a narrow harbor and thought it was the Northwest Passage. This body of water was named after me.

Henry Hudson

Sicknesses brought by European explorers that spread quickly and infected Native Americans.

contagious diseases

I went to America to seek glory and fortune. I paid for my expedition with money from my wife and the governor of Mexico. I went in search of the Seven Cities of Gold. Instead of finding gold, I found the Grand Canyon and the Rio Grande valley.

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

I went on the second voyage with Christopher Columbus. I was the military commander on the island of Hispanola. I went in search of the “fountain of youth.” I named Florida and settled there.

Juan Ponce de Leon

I was an experienced sailor and navigator in search of the Northwest Passage. I named the St. Lawrence river. On my third voyage, I set up a French empire in North America.

Jacques Cartier

I traveled the Mississippi River in a canoe. When I reached the mouth of the Mississippi, I named the region Louisiana.

LaSalle

A Spanish nobleman who lived in Cuba. Met the Aztecs the same day they believed a god would attack them. Held the Aztec emperor prisoner in his own city .

Hernan Cortes

The name of the shortcut from Europe to Asia through North America.

Northwest Passage