Vocab
Explorers
Vikings
Columbus
Other Spanish Explorers
100

umbrella shaped boat used by Irish Fishermen

coracle

100

Irish monk who is said to be the first European to see the New World.

St. Brendan 

100

Where is Vineland?

the northern tip of Newfoundland 

100

who funded Columbus' voyages?

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel 

100

The New World was named after 

Amerigo Vespucci 

200

christ-bearer

Christopher 

200

Explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean/South Sea

Vasco Nunez de Balboa 

200

Who discovered Vinland?

Lief Ericsson

200

Where was Columbus trying to sail to?

India/China/Japan 

200

Balboa's discovery told us what about Columbus' voyages?

He did not find India, but a New World. 

300

Native Tribe that had more European traits and characteristics 

Mandan 

300

son of a Welsh king that legend says he sailed the Atlantic and settled in present day Alabama 

Madoc 

300

Why did Vinland not become a permanent Viking settlement?

because they would always be at war with the Natives

300

Name Columbus's 3 ships

Nina

Pinta

Santa Maria*

300

Florida mean

flowery Easter 

400

stories and tales told by vikings

sagas 

400

Explorer who went out in search for the "fountain of youth." 

Juan Ponce de Leon 

400

Who was Lief Ericsson's father?

Eric the Red

400

The 3 goals of Columbus' 2nd voyage was:

1. Bring Back Gold

2. Establish a trading settlement

3. Bring the Gospel to the Natives 

400

Ponce de Leon wanted to find the fountain of youth

because he fell in love with a younger woman 

500

the Viking name given to Natives of Greenland and Vinland 

skraelings 

500
this explorer found a route to India by sailing around the coast of Africa 

Bartolomeu Dias 

500

What were the Viking Warriors called

berserkers 

500

Columbus landed in ______________ on _____________. 

San Salvador

October 12, 1492 

500

What river did Amerigo Vespucci discover

the Amazon 

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