9th US History 193 Unit 1 Test Review

These cards will help review Columbus, Spanish Explorers, and the early European interaction with North America.

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