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Northwest Passage
a waterway along the north coast of North America connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
Nova Scotia
Verrazano sailed as far north as present day ________ before returning to France.
Hernando de Soto
In 1539, ___________ landed near Tampa Bay.
flowery
Florida means ______ in Spanish.
company
business
Fountain of Youth
In 1513 Ponce de Leon set out to find Mimini and the _______________.
ships, sailors, food, supplies
King Francis I gave Giovanni da Verrazano _______, _______, _______, and _____.
wealth
Europeans wanted to find the Northwest Passage because they hoped to gain great _______.
Henry Hudson, Hudson River Valley
____claimed the _______________ for the Dutch.
Quetzalcoatl
The Aztec people believed that Cortes might be _______, an Aztec God.
Gulf of Mexico
In 1528, Panifilo di Narvaez set out to conquer all the lands along the __________.
Tenochtitlan
In 1519, Cortes traveled from the tropical coast to the Valley of Mexico, finally reaching _________.
Southeast
In 1539, Soto explored much of the American _________.
grant
sum of money given for a particular reason.
Mexico City
The Spanish built ______ on the ruins of the Aztec capital to show they were now the owners of the land.
Half Moon
Hudson's crew aboard the _____ mutinied in 1609.
Pamlico Sound
Verrazano reached North Carolina coast and then sailed North. He though he had found the Pacific Ocean but it was really the ______, what is now New York Bay.
1513, Bimini
In _______ Ponce di Leon set out to find the Fountain of Youth on the Island of ________.
rapid
fast moving water
1534
In _____, Cartier set out on his search for gold and other valuable metals.
1505-1545
The Spanish Conquerors time line was between ________.
battles
de Soto met many Native American people which often ended in brutal ______.
impressed
Giovanni da Verrazano was very _________ with the Native Americans
Greenland, Barent Sea
In 1608, Hudson sailed and reached an island East of _________. A year later he also searched for the Northwest Passage by searching the ________.
mistake
Narvaez split his party into a land crew and a ship crew that carried most of the food an supplies. This was a big ______ because the ships never found the land crew and all but 4 of the land crew died.
Florida
Instead of finding Bimini, Ponce di Leon found _________.
starvation, desertion
de Soto's army was soon reduced due to ______ and ______.
Spanish
The _______ king offered grants of money to explorers who would lead expeditions.
frozen in ice, never
By November of 1610, Hudson's ship was _______, and his crew mutinied again. They set him, his son and 7 other adrift, they were _______ seen again.
Hudson River
Hudson turned north and explored the __________ River, which he named after himself.
Giovanni da Verrazano, Northwest Passage
In 1524, the French King Francis I, sent __________ to find __________.
conquistadors
explorers and soldiers that conquered North and South America.
Jacques Cartier
Another French explorer named _________ attempted to find the Northwest Passage.
estuary
wide mouth of the river where the ocean tide flows in.
mutinied
rebelling against the captain.
Gulf of Mexico
The survivors of Narvaez's expedition sailed along the ________.
explorers
The desire to find gold resulted in numerous ______ setting out from Spain.
never found
Verrazano made 2 more trips to North and South America, but never found the Northwest Passage.
desertion
soldiers that ran away to save themselves from battles or starvation.
rapids
Cartier was not able to find a route through North America because of great ______.
Florida, Mississippi
Spain claimed _____ in 1513, and the ______ in 1541.
four
Of the 300 soldiers in Panifilo di Narvaez landing party, how many arrived in Mexico City?
Canada
On Cartiers second voyage, he reached _______.
North America
Hudson's crew forced him to sail SOUTH, along the coast of _______ the first time the mutinied, where they fished and traded.
Staten Island
Verrazano landed on the north end of present-day __________.
Ponce di Leon
_________ was the first conquistador know to arrive in Florida.
three
Cartier made ______ trips to find the Northwest Passage.
Indians
The _____________ who were unhappy with Aztec rule gave the Spanish food and support against the Aztecs.
cold, suffering
Henry Hudson's crew mutiny after their ship froze in ice and the crew had enough with the _____ and ______.
Dutch East India Company
The ______ gave Hudson a ship for his third voyage, his last attempt to find the Northwest Passage.
Iroquois
During his expedition, Cartier was told by the ______ of jewels and metals that could be found northwest of Gaspe Peninsula.
Barent Sea
________ is an arm of the Artic Ocean.
gold.
In 1529, Cortez and his men tried to conquer the Aztecs for their ______.
Hudson
Henry ________ was another explorer that tried to find the Northwest Passage.
Dutch
Hudson claimed land, rivers and valley for the ________.
1521, 1540
In 1521, Cortez returned to Tenochtitlan and destroyed the city for the treasures, in 1540, Coronado started his search for the Seven Cities.
Gold
Coronado set out to find the Seven Cities of _____.
richest
In the 1500's, Spain became the ______ nation in Europe due to its conquests.
Aztec
Cortez had heard stories about the great wealth of the ______ Empire.
gold, silver, jewels
Spanish leaders wanted to find the Seven Cities because they thought they would find ______, ______, and _______.
Grand Canyon, Mississippi River
Coronado's expedition were the first European to see the ______ and the _______.
estuary
Carter's ship sailed up the ______ of the St. Lawerence River to what is now known as Quebec City. Some of his men stayed and built camp.
corn
Cartier and the indians became friendly and the indians gave Cartier ______ which was very well received in Europe.
Christianity
Native Americans had their gold taken from them and were forced to accept ________.
French King Francis I
___________ was one of many European rulers who wanted to find a Northwest Passage.
Dauphine
In 1524, Verrazano set sail for North America on his ship ________.

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