Portuguese
Spain
Vocabulary
Explorers
Trivia
100
This person was an advocate for finding sea routes to India and China and set up his own school of exploration.
Who is Henry the Navigator.
100
He was a Spaniard and favored the Spanish when drawing up the Line of Demarcation.
Who is Pope Alexander VI.
100
To sail around the world.
What is circumnavigate.
100
This Spaniard hiked through steamy rainforests in present day Panama to discover and claim for Spain the Pacific Ocean.
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa.
100
Prince Henry went by this nickname.
What is Henry the Navigator.
200
Portugal was eager to find new trade opportunities due to its coast lacking this important feature.
What is a Mediterranean port.
200
Columbus made this error in his first westward journey.
What is underestimated the size of the earth.
200
An imaginary line running from the North Pole, through the middle of the Atlantic Ocean to the South Pole.
What is the Line of Demarcation.
200
This explorer was the first to return from China, via the overland route, with exotic spices and silk.
Who is Marco Polo.
200
A period of time of great intellectual and artistic creativity.
What is the Renaissance.
300
The Portuguese were given all land _________ of the Line of Demarcation.
What is east.
300
He did this to keep his crew from mutiny.
Who is Columbus and alter the log book.
300
A narrow sea passage.
What is a strait.
300
DAILY DOUBLE In 1502 this sailor and his crew were the first to successfully circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan.
300
Nine religious expeditions launched by Europeans in the Middle East to keep control of the Holy Land.
What is Crusades.
400
This document moved the Line of Demarcation farther west, giving the __________ a little more land in the New World.
What is Treaty of Tordesillias and Portuguese.
400
DAILY DOUBLE These 3 ships journeyed westward with 90 sailors and a 6 month supply of food and provisions.
What is the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.
400
An instrument that allowed sailors to determine their latitude while at sea by measuring the position of the stars.
What is an astrolabe.
400
He yelled "Tierra! Tierra!" at the first sight of land, thinking (mistakenly) that he had reached Asia's shores.
Who is Christopher Columbus.
400
Developed by the Portuguese, it was the first and most famous ship of the European age of exploration.
What is the three-masted caravel.
500
This capital city became a trading mecca after securing trade routes to these two present day countries.
What is Lisbon, India, and China.
500
She agreed to sponsor Columbus for these two reasons.
Who is Queen Isabella. What is to convert the Natives to Christianity and to secure wealth and trade opportunities.
500
For most of the 1400s, Spanish monarchs ______ or committed their energy to driving the Muslins out of Spain.
What is devoted.
500
This Portuguese explorer had help from an Arab sailor and successfully journey to India and back with a ship full of riches and wealth.
Who is Vasco de Gama.
500
The date and year that Columbus landed in the Bahamas.
What is October 12, 1492.
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