Early Voyagers of Exploration

What is the Northwest Passage?

• A way for ships to get from Europe to the Pacific Ocean across the top of North America.

• A secret hide out for voyagers.

• A way to send a message.

• A piece of land.

What does it mean to colonize?

• To gather in a group.

• To build cities in a new land for your government.

• Allow ships to pass through a passage.

• To have land.

Who are missionaries?

• People who were sent to a country for a religious cause.

• Someone who was sent out on a mission.

• People who originally lived in a land.

• People who obtained land.

What does the word Conquistadors mean?

• A Spanish word for people who were sent out by their government to obtain land by conquering the people.

• To win a battle.

• To build a city.

• To spread the word about a specific religion.

What does the word native mean?

• To set out on an exploration.

• A long voyage. across the ocean.

• To build cities in a new land.

• The people who originally lived in a land.

Why were the Aztec people kind to Hernando Cortes?

• They thought he would lead them to gold.

• They thought he was a king.

• They thought he was the president.

• They thought he was one of their gods, Quetzalcoatl.

Did the conquistadors ever find the Northwest Passage?

• Yes

• No

Adam Smith is the father of?

• Children

• People

• Economics

• Animals

True or False...

The Atlantic flying fish can propel themselves or "fly" for short distances to escape larger fish trying to eat them.

• True

• False

Who was Isabella Godin des Odonais?

• The first woman to swim across the ocean.

• The first woman to see an Atlantic flying fish.

• The first woman to descend and explore the Amazon.

• The first woman to find the Northwest Passage.