Life as an Explorer
Name 3 foods an explorer would eat.
Dried peas
Dried fruit
Salted Meat
Why did Cabot turn around on his first voyage?
He ran out of food.
Vasco Da Dagama sailed around_______.
It's a continent!
Africa
Name one thing named after Henry Hudson.
Hudson River, Hudson Bay, Hudson County, or Henry Hudson Bridge
What instrument would an explorer need to know how to use?
Compass
Sand glass
Where did John Cabot land?
Canada
Who was provided 800 crew members and 20 warships for his second journey?
Vasco Da Gama
What ocean was Henry attempting to cross while searching for the Northwest Passage?
Arctic Ocean
An explorer would need to know how to read the ___.
weather, stars/sky
Marco Polo traveled on the _______ ___________.
Silk road
Name Columbus' Ships
Nina
Pinta
Santa Maria
What did Hudson's crew do after his ship got stuck in thick ice?
They revolted
Name a sickness many crew members had on an explorers ship.
Scurvy
Why do we know so much about Marco Polo's Voyages?
Because he wrote a book about his travels.
The Travels of Marco Polo
Who did Columbus ask for ships and men to start his journey to the New World?
King and Queen of Spain
Name Hudson's 2 ships.
Half Moon and Discovery
Name a ship used for cargo.
Is it Caravel, Carrack, Yacht
Carrack
Who did Marco Polo learn from and work for? He was the leader of the Mongolian Empire.
Kublai Khan
Which explorer was put in jail for 6 weeks and why?
Christopher Columbus was put in jail for treating the Native Americans unfairly and making them into slaves.
Who did Hudson sailed for?
Netherlands