Genoese sea Captain who is credited with discovering the Americas in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus
100
The son of King John I of Portugal who established a school of navigation in Sagres, Portugal and is credited with beginning the age of discovery and the African Slave Trade
Who is Prince Henry The Navigator
100
The explorer considered the "Father of New France" for his founding of Quebec
Who is Samuel de Champlain
100
This was the first permanent English settlement in the New World.
What is Jamestown
100
The first European country to import African slaves to the New World
What is Spain
200
An Italian explorer who explored for Spain and discovered that the New world was a separate land mass and had the America's named after him
Who is Amerigo Vespucci
200
The main industry of the Portuguese settlements in Brazil
What is Sugar or Sugar Cane production
200
The main industry of the French settlers in the New World
What is fur trapping
200
The crop that eventually allowed the Jamestown colony to flourish
What is tobacco
200
The two most significant food items that came to Europe from the New World in the Columbian Exchange
What is corn and potatoes
300
The Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and claimed Mexico for Spain
Who is Hernando Cortes
300
The only area of South America that was not under Spanish control
What is Brazil
300
The French explorer who discovered and named the St. Lawrence River and founded the modern day site of Montreal.
Who is Jacques Cartier
300
The group of English colonists who established a colony in Massachusetts Bay in an effort to find religious freedom and build a model community
Who are The Puritans
300
The three ships of Columbus's first voyage
What is the Nina,Pinta and Santa Maria
400
The conquistador who killed the Inca king Atahualpa and conquered the Incas of Modern day Peru
Who is Francisco Pizarro
400
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to use this lightweight very maneuverable ship to conduct voyages of exploration
What is the Caravelle
400
The war between British and French colonists in North America that ended in 1763 with the British claiming victory and all French lands in Eastern North America
What is The French and Indian War
400
The English explorer who while sailing for the Dutch discovered three waterways a river, bay and a straight that were later named for him.
Who is Henry Hudson
400
Disease that spread from Europe to the Americas
What is smallpox, influenza, measles, malaria, etc.
500
What is significant about Cibola, for which Coronado and other Spaniards searched for years, unsuccessfully
What is The Seven Cities of Gold
500
This navigational tool borrowed from the Chinese allowed for ships to sail away from the shoreline and navigate in the open sea
What is the magnetic compass
500
The King of France During the French and Indian War
Who is Louis XIV
500
The group of English Protestants who established a colony in Plymouth Massachusetts
Who are The Pilgrims
500
Name a geographic feature named after a European explorer
What is Hudson River, Lake Champlain, North and South America