Explorers Test Study Guide PDF

# Explorers Test Study Guide ## Vocabulary to know: 1. Colony - a settlement that is ruled by a faraway government 2. Explorer - a person who travels to unknown places usually in search of something valuable 3. Demand - the need for a good or product by people willing to pay for it 4. Cargo - Good...

# Explorers Test Study Guide ## Vocabulary to know: 1. Colony - a settlement that is ruled by a faraway government 2. Explorer - a person who travels to unknown places usually in search of something valuable 3. Demand - the need for a good or product by people willing to pay for it 4. Cargo - Goods carried by a ship, airplane, truck, or other vehicle 5. Supply - the amount of good that is offered for sale 6. Slavery - the practice of holding people against their will and forcing them to work without pay 7. Compass - used to help sailors navigate on the open seas 8. Trade - exchange something for something else 9. The New World - The name sometimes used for North and South America. 10. Indies - China, India, and Japan ## Facts to know: ### What were the four reasons for early European Exploration? Think 3G's: "GOLD, GOD, GLORY" - **GOLD:** To trade and obtain new resources (spices, gold, silk, and other goods) - **GOLD:** To find new trade routes (land/ocean) - **GOD:** To spread Christianity - **GLORY:** To claim land (to make the country more powerful) ### Why did Europeans want to find better routes to Asia? Wealth and trading their gold, jewels, silk, animals, and spices. ### How did early explorers help explorers who sailed after them? Creating maps, started colonization, learned about different routes, learned about different people. ### How did explorers like Henry Hudson encourage Europeans to immigrate to the New World? - Explorers discovered new lands for Europeans to settle. - Explorers wrote descriptions of the New World, which made Europeans want to know more about it. - Explorers brought back reports of the many natural resources in the New World. - Explorers showed that there was money to be made in the New World by trading with Native Americans. - Explorers proved that settlement in the New World was possible. - Explorers made people excited about exploration and eager to start their own explorations and adventures. ### Christopher Columbus: - He was sponsored by Spain's Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand. - His ships were called the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. - He wanted to sail west to reach the Indies. ## Other Explorers: - **John Cabot:** - He founded Newfoundland, an area rich with fish. - He was a spice trader for England. - **Giovanni da Verrazzano:** - He was sponsored by the King Francis 1. of France. - He was the first European to encounter the Lenape people. - He was known for his notes on native and that he died by a tribe of cannibals (a tribe who eats people). - He sailed along the NJ coast first, into what is now New York Bay. - **Henry Hudson:** - He was probably the first explorer to reach what is now N.J. - His ship was named the Half Moon. - There is a bay, a straight, and a river named for him. - He was sponsored by The Dutch East India Company.