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Large parts of New York, Albany, New Jersey, & New Holland were originally named this ______________.
New Amsterdam
The first permanent English settlement in North America (this settlement was a success)
Jamestown, Virginia
a mapmaker
cartographer
Never mapped or explored
uncharted
a sea route connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America
Northwest Passage
Spice used as money during the age of exploration
peppercorn
The segment of the Triangular Trade route between Africa and the Americas that became synonymous with the slave trade.
Middle Passage
These two Dutch explorers “found” Australia & proved Australia was an island
Dirk Harto & Abel Tasman
Explorer from Portugal who called the Americas the “New World” North & South America are named for him.
Amerigo Vespucci
native to a particular region or environment
indigenous
to travel completely around something (such as Earth), especially by water
circumnavigate
the practice of controlling and settling an area with people from another country
colonization
Where the plantation system & slavery originated
West African coast
“discovered” the Caribbean islands and what is now known as the Bahamas.
Christopher Columbus
He named the Pacific Ocean; his crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe, did not survive the voyage he was speared to death
Ferdinand Magellan
He introduced the English to the New World, explorer from England.
John Cabot
The first English colony in North America, it was not successful (also known as the Lost Colony)
Roanoke Island
The trade route that linked Europe, African and the Americas. Each continent provided goods or food that were exchanged for slaves along the route.
The Triangular Trade route
Age of exploration began because of __________________
spice trading
A navigational instrument that uses a telescope and scale to determine latitude and longitude
sextant
a chain of islands
archipelago
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