Famous Explorers
Italian explorer who sailed under the Spanish flag in 1492 and landed in the Caribbean?
Christopher Columbus
The G that represents the desire to spread Christianity to Indigenous populations.
God
This highly destructive variable introduced by Europeans accidently wiped out up to 90% of Native American populations
Infectious disease
The key navigational tool uses a magnetized needle pointing north to help sailors find their heading at sea.
Compass
A wealthy entrepreneur clones dinosaurs for a remote island theme park, but the security systems fail, leaving guests to survive the creatures.
Jurassic Park (1993)
Portuguese explorer whose crew completed the first circumnavigation of the global oceans
Ferdinand Magellan
The G that represents the quest for physical riches, spices, and trade wealth ( Is a physical Object )
Gold
This root vegetable native to the Americas became a crucial staple crop across Europe
Potato
This highly maneuverable, fast sailing ship type was developed by the Portuguese and utilized triangular lateen sails
Caravel
A hacker discovers that his reality is a simulated illusion created by machines, and he must join a rebellion to free humanity.
The Matrix (1999)
Spanish conquistador who led the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire.
Hernan Cortes
The G that represents personal fame, political power, and expanding national empires.
Glory
This large creature of burden was brought over by European explorers, completely transforming Native American hunting and travel habits.
Horse
Navigators used this ancient instrument to measure the altitude of the sun or stars to calculate their latitude at sea
Astrolabe
A time-traveling Merc with a Mouth teams up with an alternate-reality mutant to prevent his timeline's anchor being from dying, altering the multiverse in the process.
Deadpool and Wolverine (2024)
English navigator who charted the Arctic regions and a major New York river before disappearing in a northern bay
Henry Hudson
Monarchs King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella provided the funding for early Spanish voyages from this country.
Spain
This global transfer system is named after the explorer who opened trade networks between eastern and western hemispheres
Columbian Exchange
Explorers spent centuries looking for this fabled, nonexistent water passage linking the Atlantic directly to the Pacific Ocean through the north.
Northwest Passage
Twenty-four teenagers from twelve impoverished districts are forced by a totalitarian government into a nationally televised battle to the death. When a defiant young girl volunteers to save her younger sister, she inadvertently sparks a rebellion against her oppressors.
The Hunger Games (2008)
The Norse explorer widely believed to have landed in North America nearly 500 years before Columbus
Leif Erikson
This economic theory drove European powers to exploit colonies to accumulate state wealth and maintain a positive trade balance
Mercantilism
This cash crop Native to the Americas quickly became a massive global addiction and economic engine for early colonies.
Tobacco
The skill and science of mapmaking, which drastically improved during the Age of exploration as new coastlines were documented.
Cartography
An elite military rescue team is stalked and systematically hunted in a dense jungle by an advanced warrior. Stripped of their superior firepower, the survivors must rely on primitive traps and pure instinct to defeat the ultimate warrior before they are all claimed as trophies.