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100
A navigation instrument with a magnetized needle.
What is a compass?
100
The brother of the king of Portugal who prompted exploration.
Who was Henry the Navigator?
100
Countries that divided all the new Atlantic lands between themselves.
What are Spain and Portugal?
100
Italian explorer who established English claims in North America.
Who was John Cabot?
100
Exotic foodstuffs that inspired European voyages to the East.
What are spices?
200
A disease caused by lack of Vitamin C, common among early European sailors.
What is Scurvy?
200
The Italian explorer who sailed west from Europe to find the Spice Islands.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
200
Western country that controlled Europe's trade with the Far East.
What is Italy?
200
Italian explorer who explored the Atlantic coast for France.
Who was Giovanni de Verrazano?
200
Religious reason for European exploration.
What is Christianity?
300
A term for mapmakers.
What is a Cartographer?
300
An explorer who opened India to Portuguese trade
Who was Vasco da Gama?
300
Continent whose west coast the Portuguese explored in the 1400s.
What is Africa?
300
English exploration who founded a colony at Roanoke.
Who was Sir Walter Raleigh?
300
Term for Spanish conquerors in the New World.
What are conquistadors?
400
A type of school started by Prince Henry.
What is a Navigation School?
400
A Portuguese navigator who let a fleet on an around-the-world voyage for Spain.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
400
First permanent French settlement in North America, founded by Samuel de Champlain.
What is Quebec?
400
Explorer who claimed the entire Mississippi River valley for France.
Who was Robert de la Salle?
400
Metal sought by the Spanish conquerors.
What is gold?
500
A navigation instrument, perfected by the Arabs, used to measure the angle of stars and planets.
What is an Astrolabe?
500
A Portuguese explorer who first sailed around Africa's southern tip.
Who was Bartholomew Dias?
500
Capital of Dutch settlement in North America.
What is New Amsterdam?
500
French explorer of North America who found a gulf and a great river.
Who was Jacques Cartier?
500
The main factor that drove people to explore during the Age of Exploration.
What is greed?
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