Vocabulary
Explorers
Location
Tools and Weapons
Who or What
100
This was a meeting between Europeans and Native Americans
What is an encounter
100
This explorer was known as the first European to discover the Americas
Who is Christopher Columbus
100
This present day state, discovered by Ponce De Leon, was named after the spanish word for flower
What is Florida
100
This is a tool used for determining direction
What is a compass
100
The names of the three ships Columbus and his crew sailed on
What are the "Nina", the "Pinta", and the "Santa Maria"
200
A city and its surrounding area
What is a city-state
200
This explorer fooled the Aztecs into believing he was the the ancient God, Quetzalcoatl and eventually took their emperor prisoner.
Who is Hernando Cortes
200
The Silk Road was a group of trade routes between these two counties.
What are China and Italy
200
This gives us information about a place as it was in the past
What is a historical map
200
This group of people conquered the most important trading city. Extra points given if you can name the city.
Who are the Turks
300
The action of rebelling against one's group or leader.
What is mutiny
300
This explorer's accounts made many people eager to trade with countries in Asia
Who is Marco Polo
300
The Aztecs built their capital city,Tenochtitlan, in this present day country.
What is Mexico.
300
This was used to calculate the position of the sun, moon, and stars
What is an astrolabe
300
If you drank from this, you would become young again
What is the Fountain of Youth
400
The wide mouth of a river where the ocean tide flows in.
What is an estuary
400
This person started a school to train sailors in navigation. He was also known as "the explorer who stayed at home."
Who is Prince Henry
400
This is a waterway along the north coast of North America connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is the Northwest Passage
400
This is used to keep accurate time.
What is a chronometer
400
This man was known as the best-known leader of the Soninkes. He ruled from 1464 to 1492.
Who is Sunni Ali of Africa
500
The action of leaving one's duties without permission.
What is desertion
500
This person was sent by King Francis 1 and arrived in what is now the New York Bay.
Who is Giovanni Verrazano
500
After De Gama discovered the Cape of Good Hope, King John knew a route to this county would soon be discovered.
What is India
500
This new type of ship used square or triangular sails to travel long distances swiftly.
What is a caravel
500
The two Spanish Monarchs that paid for Columbus' greatest voyage
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
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