Life as an Explorer
John Cabot/Marco Polo
Columbus/ Vasco Da Gama
Henry Hudson
100

Name 3 foods an explorer would eat.

Dried peas

Dried fruit

Salted Meat

100

Why did Cabot turn around on his first voyage?

He ran out of food.

100

Vasco Da Dagama sailed around_______.

It's a continent!

Africa

100

Name one thing named after Henry Hudson.

Hudson River, Hudson Bay, Hudson County, or Henry Hudson Bridge


200

What instrument would an explorer need to know how to use?

Compass

Sand glass

200

Where did John Cabot land?

Canada

200

Who was provided 800 crew members and 20 warships for his second journey?

Vasco Da Gama

200

What ocean was Henry attempting to cross while searching for the Northwest Passage?

Arctic Ocean

300

An explorer would need to know how to read the ___.

weather, stars/sky

300

Marco Polo traveled on the _______   ___________.

Silk road

300

Name Columbus' Ships

Nina

Pinta

Santa Maria

300

What did Hudson's crew do after his ship got stuck in thick ice?

They revolted

400

Name a sickness many crew members had on an explorers ship. 

Scurvy

400

Why do we know so much about Marco Polo's Voyages?

Because he wrote a book about his travels. 

The Travels of Marco Polo

400

Who did Columbus ask for ships and men to start his journey to the New World?

King and Queen of Spain

400

Name Hudson's 2 ships.

Half Moon and Discovery

500

Name a ship used for cargo.

Is it Caravel, Carrack, Yacht

Carrack

500

Who did Marco Polo learn from and work for? He was the leader of the Mongolian Empire.

Kublai Khan

500

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.

500

Who did Hudson sailed for? 

Netherlands

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