Early Explorers of North America
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Columbus | Explorer from Spain |
| King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella | Sponsored Columbus in 1492. |
| Italy | Where Columbus was born. |
| East Indies | Islands in Asia where Columbus wanted to find a new route to. |
| Island of San Salvadore | In the Bahamas where Columbus landed and he thought he had reached Asia. |
| Ponce de Leon | An explorer from Spain. Gave the Spanish claim to North America. |
| St. Augustine, Florida | The first settlement for the country of Spain. |
| Cartier | An explorer from France. Gave the French claim to North America. |
| Quebeck, Canada | was France's first settlement in North America. This is where Cartier landed near. |
| Jacues Cartier | Was sponsored by France and wanted to set up a French colony in North America. |
| St. Lawrence River Valley | where Cartier explored. |
| French | The language many Canadians still speak. |
| Newport | An explorer from England. Gave the English claim to North America. |
| Jamestown, Virginia | The first settlement for the United States. |
| Christopher Newport | Wanted to find a western sea route to Asia and wanted to estabilish a colony for England in Virginia. |
| gold and other riches | what Newport hoped to find. |
| 1607 | when Newport arrived in Virginia and started a settlement there. This was the firstperment English settle ment in the New World. |
| Christopher Newport | was one of the first men to reach the Fall Line of the James River. |
| 1492 | The year Columbus began his voyage. |
| Asia | The continent India can be found on. |
| Pinta, Nina, and the Santa Maria | The names of Columbus' ships. |
| Indians | Columbus called the people he saw on the islands this because he thought he was in India. |
| Atlantic Ocean | The ocean Columbus sailed across to reach the islands. |
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