What Viking was the first European to set down upon North America?
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Longships
What type of ship did the Vikings utilize?
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Europeans saw exploration as a way to bring Christianity to other cultures that lived in other lands
Why did the Europeans wish to explore the world?
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created a school of navigation
How did Prince Henry encourage international exploration?
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Vasco Da Gama
Which explorer created the trade route around Africa to India?
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the Treaty of Tordesillas
How did Spain and Portugal solve their issue over the New World?
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The Treaty of Tordesillas
How was the Line of Demarcation adjusted?
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Christopher Columbus
What explorer is credited with discovering the New World?
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Spain
What country sent that explorer?
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a direct water route west from Europe to Asia
What was Christopher Columbus looking for on his expedition
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Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
What three ships were on the original Columbus expedition?
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San Salvador
Where did those three ships first land?
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October 12, 1492
When did those three ships land in the Americas?
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Amerigo Vespucci
For whom was the New World named?
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the Aztecs
Whom did Hernan Cortes defeat?
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Inca Empire
Whom did Francisco Pizzaro defeat?
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What extensive road system linked New Spain?
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Pueblos, Missions, Presidios
What were the three types of settlements in New Spain?
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like slaves
How did the Spanish treat Native Americans?
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The encomienda was a Spanish labour system that rewarded conquerors with the labour of conquered non-Christian peoples
What was the encomienda system?
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Ferdinand Magnellan
Who was credited with being the first to circumnavigate the world?
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Juan Ponce de León
What Spanish explorer searched Florida for the Fountain of Youth?
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conquistador Hernando de Soto
Who claimed the Mississippi River for the Spanish?
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Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Which Spaniard discovered the Grand Canyon?
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John Cabot
Which explorer claimed land along the east coast in the name of England?
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French colonists often engaged in cooperative relationships with Native Americans, while their Spanish counterparts seemed more interested in controlling and enslaving large groups of Native Americans.
How did the French treatment of Native Americans differ from that of the English and Spanish?
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Jacques Cartier
Which French explorer claimed the land around the St. Lawrence River?
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the fur trade
What was the basis of the New France economy?
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La Salle
Who explored the Mississippi River Valley and named it Louisiana?
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New Netherland
Where was the only Dutch settlement in the New World?
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Who claimed that land for the Dutch?
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What two modern day roads were originally created under Peter Styvesant’s leadership in New Amsterdam?
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Why did the European powers have to leave the Americas for a new source of cheap labor?
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Angolans
From where were African slaves first brought to America?
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1510
When did the Spanish government legalize the slave trade?
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Middle Passage
As what was the slave ship voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to Americas known?
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26 percent
What percentage of enslaved people on the Middle Passage were children?
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25 percent
What was the death rate of the slaves on these ships?
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