Tools
Magnetic needle that points north
What is a compass?
First European to discover North America
Who is Leif Eriksson?
To sail completely around the world
What is circumnavigate?
Sailed for Spain and landed on a Caribbean Island
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The three ships Columbus had on his first voyage
What are the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria?
Measures the distance between a star and the horizon
What is an astrolabe?
Created a navigation school
Who was P:rince Henry?
A water route through North Americas to Asia
What is the Northwest Passage?
He found land in Canada for England
Who was Caovot?
Leif start a new settlement
What is New Foundland?
Used to fuel cannons
What is gunpowder?
He traveled to China as young boy
Who is Marco Polo?
Light-weight fast moving ships
What are caravels?
Searched for a passage to the west and has a bay named after him
Who was Henry Hudson?
Spanish explorer
What is a conquistador?
This tool was a quarter of a circle
What is a quadrant?
Searched for the "city of gold"
Who is Coronado?
Trade routes from Europe to China
What is the Silk Road?
America is named after him
Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
The invisible line that runs through Brazil
What is the Line of Demarcation?
This tool measures time
What is a chronometer?
Believed you could sail around the world
Who is Magellan?
The back and forth movement of goods from Europe to Americas
What is The Columbian Exchange?
He defeated Moctezuma
Who is Cortes?
King and Queen of Spain
Who were Ferdinand and Isabella?