Spanish explorers who conquered lands for Spain.

• conquistadors

• explorers

• colony

• navigator

What the Europeans called North and South America because they didn't know they existed before.

• Northwest Passage

• Old World

• Indigenous

• New World

Europe, Asia, and India are referred to as this when learning about exploration of the Americas.

• Northwest passage

• Old World

• Indigenous

• New World

Widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, disease, and ideas between the Old World and the New World.

• cultural diffusion

• Columbian Exchange

• convert

• claim

Gold, God, and Glory ....

• Reasons to explore North America

• Reasons to explore route to Asia

• Effects of slavery on Native Americans

• Effects of European exploration

Which country sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyage to America?

• Spain

• France

• England

• Portugal

Word connected to looking for or searching -

• Sponsoring

• Navigating

• Colonizing

• Exploring

This Norwegian Viking was first to reach in North America.

• Prince Henry
• Christopher Colombus
• Leif Eriksson
• Vasco de Gama

___________ was the first European to reach America in 1492, he had 3 ships on his voyage: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• Amerigo Vespucci

America was first known as the ______________ to Europeans. 

• United States
• New World
• Atlanta
• Canada