Name that Explorer?
Expeditions
Take a Chance
vocabulary
Explorers Part 2
100
This explorer found a water route to Asia by sailing around Africa
Who is Vasco da Gama
100
This explorer believed he had sailed west and reached Asia, but he did not
Who is Christopher Columbus
100
How long did Marco Polo stay in China?
What is 16 years
100
Someone who buys and sells goods to earn money
What is a merchant
100
Which explorer's crew sailed around the world?
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
200
This explorer traveled by land to Asia and stayed 16 years
Who is Marco Polo
200
This explorer searched for a fountain of youth, but didn't find it.
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon
200
A cruel system in which people are bought and sold and made to work without pay
What is slavery
200
The science of planning and controlling the direction of a ship
What is navigation
200
What ocean did Ferdinand Magellan name?
What is the Pacific
300
This road was used by travelers to get silk and spices from China
What is the Silk Road
300
What did Ponce de Leon name the land he found
What is Florida
300
On a compass, the magnetic needle always points in what direction?
What is North
300
The money a business has left over after all of its expenses have been paid
What is profit
300
How many men survived Magellan's trip around the world?
What is 18
400
This leader created a school for navigation
Who is Prince Henry
400
What was the name of the King and Queen of Spain who paid for Columbus's trip?
What is King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
400
What was a food that Columbus brought back to Spain that they had never seen?
What is Corn, Potatoes, or Cacao
400
What is an outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and affects many people?
What is an epidemic
400
Which explorer figured out that Columbus had not reached Asia?
Who is Amerigo Vespucci
500
This explorer kidnapped the Aztec leader Moctezuma and after getting all the Aztec gold, killed him.
Who is Hernando Cortes
500
This explorer claimed what is now Alabama for Spain
Who is Hernando de Soto
500
What is the Spanish word for conqueror?
What is conquistador
500
What word means to sail completely around something?
What is to circumnavigate
500
What tribe did Columbus meet when he first landed in North America?
What is the Taino
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