/History Social Studies /Pace 1121/ Pg. 34 Checkup/
Martin Waldseemuller
Cartographer who named Amerigos Land
Hernando Cortez
Greedy conqueror of the Aztec Empire
Louis Jolliet Jacques Marquette
_________, a trader, and _________, a priest, explored the Mississippi River in search for the Northwest Passage
Cartier Was not worth anything
___________ discovered the St. Lawrence River, which he sailed as far as the Lachine Rapids; but he returned to France believing America ____________
The Black Legend Encomienda
La Leyenda Negra meaning ________ was part of the Spanish __________ system
Great lakes Gulf of Mexico
La Salle traveled the length of the Mississippi River from the ______ to its mouth at the __________
Protector of the Indians
Las Casas, a priest of the Dominican Order and whose father had sailed with Columbus. advocated Indian right and earned the title
Spain a. One could sail around the Earth by sea b. Asia could be reach by sailing West c. The New World was two large continents d. The Earth was much larger than thought
Magellan sailed under the flag of _______, and his voyage was important because it proved these four things
Champlain
Opened North America to French colonization
Pedro Cabral
Portuguese discover of Brazil
Juan Ponce de Le'on
Searched for the fountain of youth
United States
The Narv'az-de Vaca expedition opened the door to the vast area of North America known as the _________
Demarcation
The Treaty of Tordesilllas established the line of ________ between Spanish and Portuguese holdings.
Isthmas of Panama
The first Spanish continental settlement was located on the ___________
New York Harbor Hudson River
Verrazana searches for a northwest passage and sailed into _________, but failed to discover the ________ River
Amerigo Vespucci
Was the first European to use the term "New World" in reference to the American continent.
New Orleans
What American city was a fulfillment of La Salles dream of a New World Paris?
They desired to create a lucrative fur trade in North America
Why did the Rouen merchants hire Champlain to explore the St. Lawrence river area?
Tenochitilian and Montezuma
_____ was the Aztec capital, and ____________ was the Emperor.
La Salle North America
______ ambition was to fins the mouth of the Mississippi River and claim the interior of _______
