European Expansion in the Americas

This explorer traveled around the southern tip of Africa to India in 1499.

• Marco Polo
• Vasco da Gama

The Italian who discovered the "New World" in 1492.

• Christoper Columbus
• Hernando Cortes

This is a device used to show direction.  It always points north.

• globe
• compass

This is a buyer and seller of goods.

• Noble
• Merchant

This is a model of the earth.

• map
• globe

The act of traveling especially by sea.

• Voyage
• wandering

They provided the money for Columbus's voyage to the new world.

• King & Queen of Spain
• King & Queen of Portugal

Columbus had ____ships.

• 3
• 2

Columbus  knew that between Europe and Asia lay two great continents.

• True
• False

Columbus called the natives "Indians" because he thought he was in India.

• True
• False