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Columbus
100
Italian explorer who figured out that Columbus had not reached Asia.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
100
City captured by the Turks, closing off trade routes between Europe and Asia.
What is Constantinople?
100
People were eager to explore and try new things during this period of time.
What is the Renaissance?
100
Stories told about the Vikings.
What is a saga?
100
Which country did Christopher Columbus sail for?
Spain.
200
Leader of the first Europeans to visit the Americas.
Who is Leif Eriksson?
200
Body of water reached by Spanish explorer?
What is the Pacific Ocean?
200
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land.
What is an isthmus?
200
The man who set up navigation schools.
Who is Prince Henry?
200
What is the name of one of Columbus's ships.
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria?
300
European whose descriptions of the riches of China made traders want to go to Asia.
Who is Marco Polo?
300
Local name for the island on which Columbus first landed.
What is Guanahani?
300
Journey taken for a special reason.
What is expedition?
300
Mapmakers.
What are cartographers?
300
The country of Columbus's birth?
Italy
400
First European to make a globe.
Who is Martin Behaim?
400
Leif Eriksson and his crew named the settlement because of its vine yards.
What is Vinland?
400
Decision or an idea reached by thoughtful study.
What is a conclusion?
400
What were three things wrong with Martin Behaim's globe?
Missing continents, Africa too small, distance from Asia to Europe to small.
400
How many voyages did Columbus make?
What are 4?
500
Portuguese explorer who was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa.
Who is Bartholomeu Dias?
500
The earliest stories told about the vikings visiting this place.
What are the Greenlander Sagas?
500
Study of how to plan and control the course of a ship.
What is navigation?
500
Reached the Pacific Ocean.
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
500
Who sailed around the world and helped prove Columbus did not actually land on Asia?
Magellan
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