Sailors
Vocabulary
Places Sailors were Born
Challenge
Christopher Columbus
100
What were the names of Columbus's boats?
What is the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria
100
Another name for a Spanish explorer.
What is a conquistador
100
Where was Columbus born?
What is Genoa
100
Which voyage did Ponce de Leon go with Columbus?
What is the second voyage
100
Columbus sailed for this country.
What is Spain
200
Which sailor has a river named after him?
What is Henry Hudson
200
A faster route from Europe to Asia through North America.
What is the Northwest Passage
200
Where was Henry Hudson born?
What is England
200
How many voyages did Cartier go on?
What is 3
200
Columbus first asked the King of this country to pay for his voyage.
What is Portugal
300
What was Juan Ponce de Leon looking for?
What is The Fountain of Youth
300
A community ruled by another country, not by its own people.
What is colonies
300
Where was John Cabot born?
What is Venice, Italy
300
Where in the U.S. did Cabot claim for England?
What is Maryland
300
The flow of goods and ideas between the Americas and Europe.
What is the Columbian Exchange
400
Which sailor found "New France" present day Canada?
What is Robert de La Salle
400
A sickness that can pass quickly from one person to another as germs are spread by touch or through the air.
What is a contagious disease
400
Where was Robert de La Salle born?
What is France
400
What year was Hudson's last voyage?
What is 1610
400
The year of Columbus's death.
What is 1506
500
Which sailor went with Columbus on his voyage?
What is Juan Ponce de Leon
500
Southeast Asia, including India, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
What is the East Indies
500
Where was Hernan Cortes born?
What is Spain
500
What did Cabot do before he sailed?
What is merchant/shopkeeper
500
The name Columbus gave to the first island he reached in the New World.
What is San Salvador
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