What were they looking for and what did they find?
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Miscellaneous
100
What year did Columbus sail the "ocean blue?"
1492
100
Ponce de Leon
Fountain of Youth (Bimini), Florida
100
While Coronado was looking for the cities of gold, what natural resource was under the very ground he was walking on?
Crude oil
100
What country was John Cabot born in and who did he sail for?
Italy, England (sailed for)
100
What was built in St. Augustine and used as protection?
Castillo de San Marcos
200
Columbus found land in 1492. What did they call it and what countries make it up today?
Hispaniola, Haiti and Dominican Republic
200
Fransisco Coronado
Cities of Gold (El Derado, Seven Cities of Cibola), Grand Canyon/Hopi and Zuni Tribes
200
What was the mission of a Mission?
To spread Christianity and/or act as a safe place for Native Americans to work, eat, sleep, and learn about the Spanish culture
200
Which explorer took the time to trade and work alongside the Native Americans? He built the first French trading post in the "New World."
Samuel de Champlain
200
Castillo de San Marcos was used as protection from what?
Pirates from other countries
300
What was said to be on the Island of Bimini?
The fountain of youth, golden cities, pools of liquid silver, emperors who had jewels falling from their fingertips.
300
Christopher Columbus
A shorter route to the Eastern Indies, Western Indies (Hispaniola or Caribbean Islands)
300
What is mutiny?
When the crew of a ship turns on it's captain
300
Who sponsored Cabot's second voyage after rediscovering Newfoundland?
The king of England (one ship) and Merchants (3 ships)
300
What was the only piece of metal Coronado found in the Hopi tribe while he searched for the city of gold?
A piece of copper the chief wore around his neck
400
Which explorer brought an army of men with him as he looked for gold and treasure. He was feared by many native tribes. He conquered an Incan civilization alongside Fransisco Pizarro
Hernando de Soto
400
Henry Hudson
Northwest Passage, Hudson Bay and/or Hudson River
400
Some explorers were looking for a shorter route to the East Indies. Some tried to sail north. What do we call that northern route they were looking for?
Northwest Passage
400
When searching for the Northwest passage, why was sailing north so difficult to do?
Very cold weather, uncharted land, no maps, ice
400
Who rediscovered Newfoundland?
John Cabot
500
Who established the first city in the United States (Located in Florida)
Pedro Menendez
500
Hernando de Soto
Gold/treasure, Mississippi River
500
A person who trades/sells goods from other parts of the world.
A merchant
500
Did any explorer find what they were originally looking for?