38. New World crops
(From the Americas to
Europe)
maize (corn)
white potatoes
sweet potatoes
manioc
peanuts
tomatoes
squash (incl. pumpkin)
pineapples
papaya
avocados
Old World crops
(From Europe to the
Americas)
rice
wheat
barley
oats
rye
turnips
onions
cabbage
lettuce
peaches
pears
sugar
"Ananas
cosmosus"
[pineapple], in
Oviedo, La
historia general
de las Indias,
1535
"Lactuca capitata.
Cabbage Lettuce,"
in Gerard, The
herball, 1633
39. "Allocamelus"
[llama], in
Topsell, The
Historie of
Foure-Footed
Beastes and
Serpents and
Insects, 1658
New World
domesticated
animals
dogs
llamas
guinea pigs
fowl (a few species)
Old World
domesticated
animals
dogs
horses
donkeys
pigs
cattle
goats
sheep
barnyard fowl
Horse, in
Ruini,
Dell'anotomia
et
dell'infirmità
del cavallo,
1598
47. Exploring North America
Explorer Nationality Date Achievement
John Cabot Italian 1497-1498
Explored the shores of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia,
and Labrador
Amerigo Vespucci Italian 1497-1503 Sailed to West Indies and South America
Vasco de Balboa Spanish 1513
Led expedition across Panama and found the Pacific
Ocean
Juan Ponce de Leon Spanish 1513 Explored Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth
Giovanni da
Verrazano
Italian 1523 Searched for a Northwest Passage
Sebastian Cabot - - -
Jacques Cartier French 1534-1542 Traveled St. Lawrence River
Hernando De Soto Spanish 1539-1541
Explored American Southeast-Discovered the
Mississippi River
Francisco Vazquez
de Coronado
Spanish 1540-1542 Explored American Southwest
- - - -
Samuel de
Champlain
French 1603-1616
Explored Eastern coast of North America and the
coast of the St. Lawrence River to Lake Huron-
Reached Lake Champlain
78. Who? Who explored Mexico and up into
the U.S. and Texas?
Coronado
What? What does the word ‘hemisphere’
mean?
Half of the Earth
Where? Where did the people who
explored the “New World” come
from?
Europe
Why? Why did Christopher Columbus
call the people he found
“Indians”?
He thought he landed in
India
When? When did Columbus discover”
America?
1492
Which? Which continent is the United
States in?
North America
How? How did the first Americans get
to America?
They walked from Asia
across a land bridge into
America.
