MS Studies Chapter 3 Section 1 (gracie)

How long was the Southern Woodlands undisturbed?

130 years

Who studied geography and cartography in Portugal?

Christopher Columbus

Christopher ___________________ had studied geography and __________________ (the art and technique of making maps and charts) in Portugal under Prince Henry.

Columbus and cartography

What happened when the settlements began to move inland?

Nations started claiming the same territory, wars

Did De Soto find any treasure?

No

What was De Soto's dream?

Riches,, leading his own expedition

Where did De Soto go to find treasure?

Southern Woodlands

The great powers of Europe --- ______________________, ___________________, and _____________________ --- were locked in a two-hundred-year struggle to ____________________ the ___________ ________________.

Spain, France, England, control, New World

In the early 1540s, a ____________________ expedition led by Hernando ______ ________________ trekked across the land that would become the state of _____________________.

Spanish, De Soto, MS

What did the Europeans call the American Hemisphere?

The New World

As long as these European colonies were located along the fringes or on the ____________________ of ______________ America, there was minimal contact or ___________________ among the nations.

coatline, North, rivalry

Columbus was _________________ in his __________________ that the world was round, but he did not know about the ____________________ Hemisphere, which the Europeans would call the ___________ _________________.

correct, belief, Western, and New World

This _________________________ (a journey for a specific purpose, such as exploration) was the beginning of what historians call the ___________________ period, or the __________________ period, of American history.

expedition, Europeans, colonial

After de Soto's ___________________ to ____________ any ___________________, the southern woodlands were undisturbed for another 130 years.

failure, find, treasure

Eventually, the great __________________ of Europe realized that the ____________ treasures of the New World were not silver and gold.

powers, real

More ___________________ could be made from __________________ and ___________________ with the ___________________ (geographical areas politically controlled by a distant country) that could be established in this _____________ _______________ that Columbus had discovered.

profit, trade, commerce, colonies, vast land

These wars would ultimately result in the ___________________ of the _____________________ powers from North America and the emergence of the _________________ ____________________.

removal, European, United States

De Soto dreamed of leading his own expedition and finding even greater __________________ than those found among the ______________ peoples of South America.

riches, Inca

He [Columbus] was convinced that the world was _______________ and he persuaded the King of ________________ to provide him with three ships for his ________________ voyage in ____________.

round, Spain, historic,1492

Prince Henry the Navigator conducted a special school in Portugal for ________________ and __________________ and helped launch the Great Age of Exploration.

seamen and explorers

But as the ________________________ began to move ________________ and the nations started ____________________ the _____________ territory, the rivalry ___________________ (generated) a series of colonial ____________.

settlements, inland, claiming, same, spawned, wars

What did the Europeans finally realize what the most treasurable thing was?

trade, commerce

Was Columbus correct about his belief of the world being round? yes or no?

yes