Columbus
da Gama
Explorers
Explorers 2
Early American Colonies
100
He sailed the ocean blue in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
Vasco.
What is da Gama's first name?
100
This country conquered the major empires of North America
What is Spain?
100
The man the Americas are named after.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
100
The first permanent English colony in North America.
What is Jamestown?
200
Asia
Where was Columbus trying to go?
200
Portugal.
What country did da Gama sail for?
200
This was the largest empire in South America, conquered by Pizzaro. It's capital was Machu Picchu in the mountains of Peru.
What is the Inca Empire?
200
This man led an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the globe beginning in 1519.
Who is Magellan?
200
The year in which Jamestown was founded?
What is 1507?
300
West Indies/Carribean
Where did Columbus end up?
300
The Cape of Good Hope
What did da Gama sail around to get to Asia?
300
This was a large empire in what is now Mexico, conquered by Cortes.
What is the Aztec Empire?
300
He was the first man to see the Pacific and claimed everything it touched for Spain.
Who is Balboa?
300
Pilgrims founded this colony in this year.
What is Plymouth, 1620?
400
The three boats Columbus and his crew sailed on?
What are the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria?
400
Spices and gold.
What did Europeans want from Asia?
400
A Spanish explorer looking for the Seven Cities of Gold that instead "discovered" the Grand Canyon.
Who is Coronado?
400
He found Newfoundland.
Who is Henry Cabot?
400
The reason that the Plymouth Colony was founded.
What is religious freedom?
500
Italy and Spain.
What is the country Columbus was born in and the country he sailed for?
500
The Italians
Whose monopoly did the Portuguese break by opening up trade using the sea route around Asia?
500
A French explorer that claimed parts of modern day Canada.
Who is Cartier?
500
The king and queen that Columbus sailed under.
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?
500
To trade and make money for England.
What is the reason Jamestown was founded?
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