A small, fast ship created by the Portuguese

To sail completely around

A settlement or area far fro the country that rules it

A movement of people, animals, plants, cultures, and disease between Eastern and Western hemispheres

A Spanish soldier who conquers other lands

Great harm

The direction Columbus sailed in his attempt to reach Asia

An outbreak of disease that spreads quickly

People who buy and sell goods

The process sailors use to plan their course and find their location far from land

Who started a Portuguese navigation school around 1419?

What was the reason King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella agreed to fund Columbus's voyage?

The act of buying and selling humans as property.

The use of scientific knowledge and new ideas to create practical tools that improve lives.

Stores and small settlements where goods could be bought and sold

Was the overall effect of the Columbian exchange good or bad for the Native Americans?

What did Columbus name the general area where he landed on his first voyage?

What did Prince Henry's navigation school do?

What did Ferdinand and Queen Isabella want Columbus to trade for in Asia?

Which European explorer was the first to circumnavigate the globe?

Why did Cortez take Montezuma prisoner?

Why did Europeans want to find a sea route to Asia?

A fur trader who joined a missionary to find the Pacific Ocean.

A missionary who traveled by canoe to set up missions along the Mississippi River.

Discovered the St. Lawrence River in Canada, and claimed the region for France.

America was named after him.

He explored the Hudson Bay and a river was named after him.

First European to sail the entire length of the Mississippi River

Explored the eastern coast of North America, and founded Quebec.

Conquered the Aztecs in Mexico.

Made the first English voyage to North America.

Explored the southwestern United States while searching for the "Seven Cities of Gold."

Discovered the Mississippi River.

Claimed Florida for Spain while looking for the "Fountain of Youth."