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Ch 2 Discovering AL
Question | Answer |
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Navigator | A person who navigates or directs the course of a trip or a mode of transportation |
Cartographer | a map maker |
melding | uniting, combining |
Conquistador | Spanish explorer, solder |
immortal | living forever, not dying |
devastating | causing widespread destruction |
Tuberculosis | a contagious lung disease |
Who landed in Newfoundland about 1,000 years ago? | Vikings or Norsemen |
Who was an Italian navigator who reached the northern coast of South America in 1499? | Amerigo Vespucci |
Spanish explorers came to the New World searching for | gold and silver |
Who landed in the Western Hemisphere while looking for a trade route to Asia? | Christopher Columbus |
The Spanish arrived in Alabama during the late ______ period. | Mississippian |
In 1528 _______ a Spanish explorer sailed for Florida with a large group of men. | Pantilo Narvarze |
___________had the continents of North and South America named in his honor becuase of his travels. | Amerigo Vespucci |
________was captured by the Indians and lived with them for many years. | juan Ortiz |
Hernando de Soto brought ______and ______ on his expedition. | soldiers, supplies |
An entrada is an _________. | entrance |
Who lost more mmmean at Maubila? Spanish or Indians? | Indians |
The Europeans brought ____and _____ to the New World. | illness, war |