9th US History 193 Unit 1 Test Review
These cards will help review Columbus, Spanish Explorers, and the early European interaction with North America.
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| 218646999 | Christopher Columbus | Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China | |
| 218647000 | Pedro Menendez de Aviles | built the first permanent European settlement at St. Augustine, Florida | |
| 218647001 | Ponce de Leon | Explored Florida seeking gold (and maybe the Fountain of Youth) | |
| 218647002 | Vasco Nunez de Balboa | Spanish explorer who became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean in 1510 while exploring Panama | |
| 218647003 | Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese explorer who reached the Philippines and circumnavigated the world | |
| 218647004 | Hernan Cortes | Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain. | |
| 218647005 | Coronado | Discovered the Grand Canyon in search of the fabled Cities of Gold | |
| 218647006 | Verazzano | This explorer searched for a possible sea route to the Pacific and found New York harbor | |
| 218647007 | Leif Ericcson | first viking who established first settlement in America but did not get credit | |
| 218647008 | Rivalry | competing against each other for something. Spain and Portugal rivaled each other for control of the fastest sea route to Asia. | |
| 218647009 | Columbian Exchange | The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages. | |
| 218647010 | Triangular Trade | A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa | |
| 218647011 | Mission | Religious settlement used to convert Native peoples to Catholicism. | |
| 218647012 | Northwest Passage | Water route to Asia through North America sought by European Explorers | |
| 218647013 | Spanish Armada | the great fleet sent from Spain against England by Philip II in 1588 that failed miserably |