Explorers
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Technology
Miscellaneous
Countries
100
Who is credited with discovering the "Americas"?
Columbus
100
What did Marco Polo travel?
Silk Road
100
What is a mixture of chemicals that explodes when lit?
Gunpowder
100
Who set up a navigational school?
Prince Henry
100
Who was the first country to send explorers in search of a sea route to Asia?
Portugal
200
Who was the first to circumnavigate the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
200
What did John Cabot discover for England?
Newfoundland
200
What circular tool determined a ship's latitude?
Astrolabe
200
What is the name for Spanish explorers?
Conquistadors
200
Pedro Cabral claimed what South American country for Portugal?
Brazil
300
Who was responsible for capturing the Aztec empire in Mexico?
Hernan Cortes
300
What three continents make up the Old World?
Europe, Asia, and Africa
300
What is a lightweight, fast ship with triangular sails?
caravel
300
Who made sea charts and maps?
Cartographers
300
What country was Columbus from?
Italy
400
Who was the first European to stand in the Pacific Ocean?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
400
Parallel to the Prime Meridian, these lines run north and south.
Longitude
400
What was used to tell wind direction, ship's directions, and time of day?
compass
400
Where did Samuel Champlain begin a fur trade?
Quebec
400
What country did Columbus sail for?
Spain
500
Who was credited with crushing the Incan Empire in South America?
Francisco Pizzaro
500
The Netherlands are often refer to as?
Dutch
500
What was added to help with a ship's course?
Rudder
500
Who took over the Silk Road?
Turks or Ottomans
500
What did Columbus discover in 1492?
West Indies
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