European Explorers

This European navigator / explorer was the first to see the Pacific Ocean from America.

• Magellan

• La Salle

• Balboa

• Cortes

These were new technological developments that enabled the Europeans to explore the world's oceans for the first time

• Satellites and lasers

• Compass and Sextant

• Astrolabe and abacus

• Sundial and rudder

The Netherlands established the ______________ which controlled much of the trade between Southeast Asia and Europe.

• Triad cartel

• Trans Pacific Trade Alliance

• Dutch East India Company

• Yakuza

The explorers of Spain were called

• Los Navigators

• Encomiendas

• Caballeros

• Conquistadors

The surviving crew of ____________ were the first people to circumnavigate the world.

• Columbus

• Magellan

• Cortes

• La Salle

The line of latitude along the "middle" of the planet at 0 degrees.

• Equator

• Tropics

• Doldrum

• Prime Meridian

The Three G's were

• A group of kings and princes that loved exploring.

• The most popular religions in the world.

• Three countries that went to war in 1590.

• Three of the top motives for European exploration.

This is the process by which animals are tamed or controlled on farms.

• Hydroponics

• Domestication

• Imperialism

• Gentrification

These two nations signed a treaty that divided the planet in half between them.

• Portugal and Spain

• Germany and France

• England and France

• Spain and England

This English explorer mapped much of the Pacific Ocean before being killed on the big island of Hawaii.

• James Cook

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco de Gama

• Rocky Balboa