Explorers
This explorer was the "first" European to reach North America.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
native to a particular region or environment
what is indigenous?
Henry Hudson is from this country.
What is England?
These are what Magellan passed through to get to the Pacific Ocean.
This explorer accidentally ran into modern day Brazil in his attempt to go around Africa.
Who was Cabral?
a plant used to add flavor to food.
The Dutch are from this country.
What are the Netherlands?
This pirate was an English hero.
Who was Sir Francis Drake?
This explorer sailed up a river into what is now New York State and found a huge “inland sea” in Canada.
Who was Henry Hudson?
The rebellion of a ship’s crew against the captain.
What is a fleet?
Dirk Hartog is known for sailing to this modern nation.
What is Australia?
This is the reason Columbus called the people he ran into in the Caribbean Islands "Indians"
He thought he was in the East Indies
This explorer was the first to go around the Cape of Good Hope and up to the east coast of Africa.
Who was Da Gama?
To travel completely around something (such as Earth), especially by water.
What is circumnavigate?
Columbus was originally from this nation.
What is Italy?
This route carried enslaved Africans across the Atlantic.
What is the Middle Passage?
This explorer completed Magellan's voyage around the world after he died in the East Indies.
Who was del Cano?
a sea route connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America
What is the Northwest Passage?
This nation took over the spice trade after Spain and Portugal weakened.
What are the Netherlands?
This many people survived Magellan's voyage out of 277.