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  • claiming and controlling new land for one's homeland
    imperialism
  • Northwest Passage
    a sea route through the Arctic waters
  • primary source
    an account written by someone who was there
  • the main push factor for European exploration in the West
    disruption of trade on the Silk Road due to the collapse of the Mongol Empire
  • The first Europeans to North America
    Vikings
  • secondary source
    an account written later by someone not involved in the event
  • Donnacona
    a FN chief taken captive by Cartier
  • The decline of this empire disrupted trade between Asia and Europe
    Mongol Empire
  • a French explorer
    Cartier, de Champlain, de la Salle,
  • Group of people that did not establish friendly trade relations with Europeans; eventually went extinct
    Beothuk
  • Shawnadithit
    the last known Beothuk
  • sponsor
    individual/organization that provides funds for a project
  • a pull factor for European exploration of the Americas
    cod, gold, furs
  • ethnocentrism
    thinking your culture is better than other cultures
  • the network of trade routes between Europe and Asia
    Silk Road
  • Sieur de Monts
    nobleman from France who sponsored expeditions to North America
  • technology that enabled exploration
    compass, astrolabe, better & faster ships
  • water body named after explorer
    Frobisher Bay, Hudson Bay, Mackenzie River, ...
  • commission
    granting of power by a king
  • Quebec was established by this explorer
    Samuel de Champlain
  • country that was first to sail around the south of Africa
    Portugal
  • this explorer landed in the Caribbean
    Columbus
  • impact of imperialism on FN
    durable & useful goods; Beothuk culture wiped out; FN balance with nature disrupted; ...
  • a British explorer
    Caboto, Frobisher, Hudson, Thompson, Franklin
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