Early People
First European people known to have visited the Americas
Vikings
Name of the first European settlement in the Americas
Vinland
Adventure that tells about the brave deeds of people long ago
Saga
Portuguese explorer who found a sea route to Asia by sailing around Africa
Vasco de Gama
The study of how to plan and control the course of a ship
navigation
Leader of the first Europeans to visit the Americas
Leif Eriksson
City captured by the Turks, closing off trade routes between Europe and Asia
Constantinople
small, round hill
knoll
Portuguese explorer who was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa
Bartolomeu Dias
A decision reached by thoughtful study
conclusion
First European to make a globe
Martin Behaim
Local name for the Island on which Columbus first landed
Guanahani
searching the unknown
exploration
Italian Explorer who figured out that Columbus had not reached Asia
Amerigo Vespucci
journey made for a special reason
expedition
European whose descriptions of the riches of China made traders want to go to Asia
Marco Polo
Body of water reached by Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Pacific Ocean
Kings and queens
monarch
Italian Explorer who landed in present-day Newfoundland but told people he had found Cathay
Giovanni Caboto
sickness caused by not getting enough vitamin C
scurvy
Portuguese leader who started a school for navigators
Prince Henry
Name Columbus gave to the island he landed on
San Salvador
Instrument used to find direction
compass
European who proved it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe
Ferdinand Magellan
A meeting
encounter