Explorers, Conquerors, Capitalists

Which Portuguese Explorer sailed around Africa to reach India in 1497

• Martin Luther

• Vasco de Gama

• Sir Francis Drake

• Henry Hudson

Which explorer believed they could sail west around the world from Spain to reach China?

• Johannes Ockhegem

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

This English explorer sent to explore the west coast of South America; second person to circumnavigate the globe

• Sir Francis Drake

• James II

• Henry the Navigator

• Richard Cromwell

This Portuguese explorer was killed in the Philippine Islands, and his crew was the first to circumnavigate the world

• Pedro Álvares Cabral

• Diogo Cão

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Ferdinand Magellan

This Dutch explorer sought a Northwest Passage through the Americas; a 315-mile river in Eastern New York bears his name

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• Martin Frobisher

This Conquistador and his armies captured Atahualpa and destroyed the Incan capital of Cuzco

• Bartolomè de Las Casas

• Francisco Pizarro

• Christopher Columbus

• John Smith

This Conquistador toppled the Aztec Empire and built alliances with Native Americans to do so

• Hernán Cortés

• Hernando de Soto

• Juan Ponce de León

• Francisco de Orellana

An economic system that refused trade with other countries, limited imports, and sought to maximize exports

• Humanism

• Capitalism

• Mercantilism

• Socialism

This economic system seeks to maximize profits, and is carried on by private individuals or organizations

• Communism

• Socialism

• Capitalism

• Fascism