Reasons for exploration
Marco Polo
Prince Henry
Christopher Columbus
Henry Hudson
100
This spice comes from the bark of a tree that grows in Sri Lanka.
What is cinnamon?
100
The land path that Polo traveled to China
What is the Silk Road?
100
Prince Henry's school
What is the School of Navigation?
100
Columbus's three ships.
What are the Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
100
The river he found
What is the Hudson?
200
Explorers want to claim land for their countries for this reason.
What is national pride?
200
Marco told his stories to Rusticello in here
What is prison?
200
The seaport of Henry's school
What is Lisbon, Portugal?
200
The year Columbus sailed.
What is 1492?
200
Hudson's first mate
Who is Robert Juet?
300
Explorers wanted to find out about other places in the world for this reason.
What is curiosity?
300
The number of years Marco traveled.
What is 24?
300
Three kinds of students at Henry's school.
What are shipbuilders, mapmakers, astronomers, navigators, scientists, inventors? Choose three
300
The king and queen he sailed for.
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?
300
The city in New York State Hudson's ship sailed (as far north as possible) to
What is Albany?
400
This plant was used for blue dye.
What is indigo?
400
The emperor of China at the time of Marco's travels.
Who is Kublai Khan?
400
The trade begun by some of Henry's sailors/students
What is the African Slave Trade?
400
Chrisopher's first mate (who betrayed him)
Who is Martin Alonzo Pinzon?
400
Grandpa's company for which Henry sailed twice
What is the Muscovy Company?
500
An Asian tree used to make red dye.
What is brazilwood?
500
Two of the deserts that Marco traveled across.
What are the Taklamakan and the Gobi?
500
The explorer who successfully navigated around Africa to India, living out Henry's dream.
Who is Vasco daGama?
500
Gifts Columbus brought the king and queen. (Name 2)
Gold, natives, parrots
500
Although Hudson did not find the Northeast Passage, his first voyage was a success because of this.
What is locating pods of grey whales which would be valuable commerce for the Muscovy Company?
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