Famous Explorers
Which Spanish explorer traveled to modern day Florida and Texas in 1528 and spent years living with the Natives until meeting a group of Spanish explorers in Mexico in 1536?
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
The process sailors us to plan their course and find their location far from land.
Navigation
What three continents were considered the "Old World?"
Asia, Africa, and Europe
Christopher Columbus was looking for a route to _____ in his first expedition.
India
Someone who gives financial support to another person or cause is known as...
A patron
Which Viking explorer, and son of Eric the Red, is believed to be the first European to set foot in the new world when he landed in Modern-day Canada in 1001?
Leif Erikson
A navigational tool that measures the height of the sun or a star above the horizon.
Astrolabe
What two continents were considered the "New World?"
North and South America
The first Europeans to start a colony in the "New World" were the ______.
Spanish
Spanish men looking for God, glory and gold were called...
Conquistadors
Which Portuguese Prince started a school to teaching navigation and cartography for future explorers?
Henry the Navigator
A smaller, lighter sail boat with triangular sails invented by the Portuguese.
Caravel
Potatoes, tomatoes and pumpkins were some of the goods that originated in what part of the world?
The New World (Americas)
Henry VIII, Mary, and Elizabeth the first were all members of which English family that created the British colonies of Jamestown, Maryland, and Virginia
The Tudors (Tudor family)
Most explorers of the "New World" came from what continent?
Europe
Which Portuguese Explorer was finally able to reach Africa's East coast and named the tip of Africa the Cape of Good Hope in 1487?
Bartolomeu Dias
To sail completely around the world.
Circumnavigate
Coffee, guitars and Christianity were being exported from which part of the world?
Europe (and parts of Asia)
Which treaty was negotiated by Pope Alexander VI separating Spain to the West (Americas) and Portugal to the east (Africa, and whoops...Brazil).
Treaty of Tordesillas
The use of scientific knowledge and new ideas to create practical tools that improve lives is known as...
Technology
Which commander of five Spanish boats set sail to be the first to Circumnavigate the globe in 1519? (Hint: He died in the Philippines and only one of his ships made the journey home)
An outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and affects many people.
Epidemic
Most slaves in the Columbian exchange came from which continent?
Africa
The primary French explorer to travel the great lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway was.
Jacques Cartier
What product was mostly being traded for by French Voyageurs along the St. Lawrence Seaway?
Fur