The Caravel
Sailing Technology
People
Christopher Columbus
Columbian Exchange
100
False
True or False: The caravel was harder to turn than earlier ships.
100
Navigation
What is the science of determining a ship's sailing direction and location?
100
Vasco da Gama
Who was the first person to reach Asia by sea?
100
The Indies
What was Christopher Columbus searching for when he sailed west from Spain?
100
The trading or exchange of goods between Europe and the Americas.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
200
70 feet
What was the length of the caravel?
200
Prince Henry
Who is the person from Portugal that was very smart and he made many improvements in navigation?
200
Aztecs
What group of people did Hernando Cortes wipe out?
200
Taino
What is the name of the group of people who were living in the today's Bahaman Islands when Columbus landed?
200
New World
Did pineapple come from the New World or the Old World?
300
Cargo
What did the caravel put in the large hold on the ship?
300
Magnetic Compass
What is the instrument that tells which direction a ship is traveling?
300
The Fountain of Youth
What was Juan Ponce De Leon searching for?
300
1492
What is the year Columbus sailed the ocean blue?
300
Old World
Did horses come from the New World or the Old World?
400
It was wider and rounder at one end.
What is the difference in the shape of the caravel and of the previous ships?
400
Astrolabe
What is the instrument that is used for measuring the position of the stars?
400
Hernando DeSoto
Who was the first person to see the Mississippi River?
400
Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
What are the names of Columbus's three ships?
400
Diseases
What was a negative exchange between Europe and the Americas?
500
3
What is the number of masts the caravel had?
500
Sailing log
What is the name of the daily records that sailors kept of their activities and course? It provided valuable information for future voyages.
500
Fransisco Coronado
Who was the explorer that was searching for the Cities of Gold?
500
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand
What two people funded Christopher Columbus's voyage?
500
Sugar, Horses, Diseases, Potatoes, and Maize (corn)
What were the 5 "Seeds of Change?"
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