Exploration
North American Exploration
Columbus
Technology
Explorers
100
Who did France send to find a Northwest passage to Asia. He ended up mapping much of the Eastern coast of North America.
Who was Giovanni da Varrazano?
100
Direction that many European explorers sailed to find attempt to find a new route to Asia.
What is West
100
What area did Columbus land?
What is the Caribbean?
100
Device used to determine direction
What is compass
100
Who led an expedition that circumnavigated the earth?
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
200
Who explored Newfoundland and Nova Scotia from England?
Who is John Cabot
200
This European country established settlements, learned farming techniques, and traded with the Native Americans.
Who are the English.
200
What native group did Columbus take back to Spain?
Who are the Taino?
200
Device used to determine location using stars
What is astrolabe
200
He explored the St. Lawrence River and claimed much of eastern Canada for France.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
300
Spanish word for conquerors
What is conquistadors
300
This country learned the value of establishing trading posts and trading furs with the Native American.
Who is France?
300
What country sponsored Columbus' journeys?
What is Spain?
300
Name three motivations of European exploration.
Gold, trade, natural resources, to spread Christianity, power, belief in culture
300
Who conquered much of the Aztec Empire?
Who was Hernan Cortez?
400
He recorded and drawn latitude and longitude of over 8,000 locations.
Who is Ptolemy?
400
This European explorer was looking for the Seven Cities of Gold.
Who is Francisco Coronado?
400
What were Columbus' ships names?
What are Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria?
400
Crops were traded for metals and tools
400
Who was the first explorer that sailed to the southern tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope) and found a route to Asia?
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
500
This map represents a route that was very challenging to find for European explorers.
What is the Northwest Passage.
500
Of our four explorers were learned about, this one was first into North America.
Who was John Cabot.
500
Who did Columbus bring with him on his second journey to conquer the the Taino people?
What are conquistadors?
500
What kind of sails improved sailing and where did the Europeans get this technology?
What are triangular sails from Arab traders?
500
Leader of West African empire of Mail.
Who is Mansa Musa