Which explorer from Venice inspired further European exploration by writing about his adventures?

Who made the Spanish aware of the Americas and took control of several Caribbean islands?

What was the Columbian Exchange?

What was the impact of smallpox on indigenous populations?

Who was the Aztec emperor at the time of the Spanish arrival in Mexico?

What was the primary goal of missionaries during the colonization period?

Who was the first European to successfully sail to India?

America is named after which merchant and explorer?

What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?

Which area was a French settlement in modern-day Canada?

What were the early English settlements of Roanoke and Jamestown known as?

Which colony was a Dutch settlement in modern-day New York?

Who is the most well-known explorer in history

His voyages marked a turning point in global expansion

His ship reached Newfoundland in Canada, which he claimed for England

First European to reach the mainland

Portuguese explorer who actually reached Asia by sea, becoming the first European to do so, landing in Calicut, India in 1498

voyages were financed by the king and queen of Spain

He found a direct sea route around Africa becoming one of the most important moments in navigational history, finally linking the East to the West by water.

Italian navigator and cartographer, is most famous for giving his name to the continent he explored in the New World

He sailed along the coast of South America and arrived at what is now Rio de Janeiro and Rio de la Plata

He led the first European voyage to circumnavigate the globe

His expedition was significant because it expanded Europeans’ knowledge of geography and their understanding of the size of the world

English admiral

Naval commander known for raiding foreign ships and ports and for engaging in the slave trade, trading enslaved Africans

He helped defeat the great Spanish Armada, a victory that won the English domination over the seas of Europe

Voyage financed King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

His four expeditions to islands in the Caribbean and to Central America set in motion what became a transfer of people, plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the New

He sought financing for his voyages from King Henry VII of England

His ships emerged with the first known Europeans to see what he called the Mar Pacifico, or the Pacific Ocean