What is the name of the time period between the 15th and 17th centuries in which Europeans traveled in search of new routes, land, and goods?
Age of Exploration
100
At the School of Navigation, explorers were taught map making skills. What is the name of this skill?
Cartography
100
What were the first explorers to the Americas looking for?
A quicker route to Asia
100
Which explorer sailed for England and looked for a Northeast route to Asia? He claimed the east coast of North America for England.
John Cabot
100
The explorers were in search of _______, ________, and _________.
God, gold and glory
200
What is the name for the "money" factor that led to the exploration of the new world?
Economic
200
In the 1400s, how were explorers able to travel faster and farther?
There were improvements in ship buidling
200
Christopher Columbus is often credited for being the first explorer to "discover" the New World in 1492. Who was really the first European to arrive in the New World?
The Vikings
200
The explorer whose ship was the first to sail around the world was...
Ferdinand Magellan
200
The name that means "the one who explores"
Conquistafor
300
The ___________ made it easier for explorers to travel from one place to another.
Compass
300
What is the name that Eriksson gave to the new area he visited?
Vinland
300
This Spanish explorer explored Florida and much of the Southeastern United States
Hernando De Soto
300
Who traveled to the mouth of the Mississippi River and claimed it for France?
Robert La Salle
300
In what year did Christopher Columbus begin his voyage?
1492
400
Europeans were eager to trade with Asia because the Europeans wanted...
Silk, spices, and other goods
400
The Viking explorer that was the first European to reach the Americas was...
Leif Ericksson
400
The American continent was unknown to Europe until Columbus landed there in 1492. Where did Columbus land?
On a few small islands off the coast of Florida (known as the West Indies)
400
_________ explored for the Netherlands and England. He discovered the Hudson River and Bay...
Henry Hudson
400
Which explorer sailed near the Arctic Circle but had no success?
John Cabot
500
_______________ started the School of Navigation
Prince Henry
500
What are the names of the three factors leading to the exploration of the New World?
Economic, technological and political
500
What were the Spanish and Portuguese explorers who followed Columbus to the New World looking for?
Gold and other riches
500
What is the name of the word that means to sail or travel all the way around the world?
Circumnavigate
500
Which of the following was something that America received from Europe in the Columbian Exchange?