Chapter 2 Vocabulary

This explorer was responsible for going West to go East and in the process opening up the continent of North America.

• Columbus

• Hudson

• Magellan

• conquistador

This explorer was responsible for circumnavigating the Earth for the first time, despite the fact that he did not finish the voyage.

• Columbus

• Magellan

• Hudson

• conquistadors

This term is used to describe the journey to sail around the entire Earth, a feat that had never been done before.

• NW Passage

• circumnavigate

• round trip

• alliance

This term is used to identify the cultural diffusion that happened between Europe and the Americas after the arrival of Columbus.

• culture switch

• Columbian Exchange

• contact

• colonization

This term is describes one nation inhabiting another location to expand its control and to utilize that place’s resources.

• colonization

• culture area

• missions

• mercantilism

This term refers to the Spanish belief that part of their role in the Americas was to convert Native Americans to Christianity.

• missions

• mercantilism

• colonization

• cultural diffusion

This term refers to the economic policy that believes that a colony exists to make the home country more profitable.

• mercantilism

• colonization

• missions

• circumnavigate

This term refers to an imaginary route to the Far East that European countries were looking for that led to the exploration and colonization of North America.

• circumnavigate

• Silk Road

• Northwest Passage

• Northwest Territory

 This term refers to things like cotton, gold, and timber that countries desire so that they can use them to make products to sell and acquire wealth.

• manufactured goods

• cultural diffusion

• wholesale goods

• natural resources

This term refers to products like clothing and furniture that are created with resources from colonies.  These products are sold to make money for the home country.

• wholesale goods

• manufactured goods

• natural resources

• raw materials