2. Jacques Cartier- Traveled to the Americas to locate a
river that spanned the entire length of the continent from
the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Instead he
found the Saint Lawrence River.
Robert La Salle- explored Canada and the Great Lakes
region of the United States.
3. Hernan Cortes- Conquered the Aztec empire in 1521
with the help of the Tlaxcalan tribe, in present day
Mexico.
Francisco Coronado- Searched for the Cibola, or the
Seven Cities of Gold in present day New Mexico.
4. Hernan Cortes Robert La Salle
Conquest:1506- Exploration:1669-
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Francisco
Jacques Cartier
Coronado
Exploration:
Exploration:1540-
1534-42
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7. Exchange of crops and wildlife from one part of the world
to the other.
Foreign diseases spread from the old world to the new
world in the process, unbeknownst to the explorers.
Europeans shipped slaves from Africa to both the New
World and the Old World to develop their own unique
regions.
8. From Old World to New World From New World to Old World
Wheat Potatoes
Sugar Beans
Rice Maize (corn)
Hemp (cannabis; marijuana) Gold and Silver
Pigs Turkey
Horses Alpaca
Cows Llama
Smallpox Syphilis
Typhus Pinta (disease)
