Era 1-Vocab

Exploration

• The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it

Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange, which was named after Christopher Columbus, was the transfer of plants,animals,culture diseases, ideas and more between the Americas.

settlement

• A colony , small group of people or a small village being the first to stay on the land

Expansion

• The act of becoming larger and gaining more territory and goods.

Route

• A way taken to get from a starting point to a destination

Colonies

• A group of people who settle in a new place but keep ties to their homeland.

Trade

• The action of buying and selling goods and services.

Culture

• Knowledge, attitude and behaviors shared and passed on by members of a specific group.

Hemisphere

• Any circle drawn around the Earth divides it into two equal halves called hemispheres.

Henry hudson

• Hudson was an english sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century,best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the northeastern United States.

Age of discovery

• The period is characterized as a time when Europeans began exploring the world by sea in search of new trading routes, wealth , knowledge.

Spanish armada

• A Spanish narval invasion force sent against England by Philip II of Spain in 1588. It was defeated by the English fleet and almost completely destroyed by storms off the Hebrides.

Amerigo Vespucci

• Was an Italian-born merchant,explorer,and navigator from the Republic of Florence.

Juan ponce de leon

• Spanish explorer who sailed with Columbus on his second voyage and who explored and named Florida.

Ferdinand Magellan

• A Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522.

Christopher Columbus

• Was an Italian explorer and navigator who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean.
• He opened the way for European exploration and colonization of the Americas

Treaty of Tordesillas

• Agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by Christopher Columbus and other late 15th-century voyagers.

Encomienda System

• A labor system instituted by the Spanish crown in the American colonies.

Printing Press - A machine for printing text or pictures from type or plates.

Hernan Cortes

• Was a spanish conquistador and best known for conquering the Aztecs and claiming mexico on behalf of Spain.

Fransico Pizarro

• Was a Spanish conquistador best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of Peru.

Hernando de soto

• Was a Spanish explorer who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula.

Giovanni da Verrazzano

• Italian navigator and explorer for france who was the first european to sight new york and narragansett bays.

Jacques cartier

• A french-breton maritime explorer for France. He was the first european to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

Samuel de Champlain

• Was a French colonist, navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler.

john cabot

• Italian navigator and explorer. His 1497 voyage to the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is the earliest known European exploration of coastal North America

John Hawkins

• Was a pioneering English naval commander and administrator. He was also a privateer and an early promoter of English involvement in the Atlantic slave trade.

francis drake

• An English sea captain, naval officer, slaver, and explorer.

sir walter raleigh

• English landed gentleman, writer, poet, soldier, politician,courtier,spy and explorer.