A person who goes to an area to teach their religion to the people there.
What is a missionary?
100
The explorer who explored the continent of Asia in 1271.
Who is Marco Polo?
100
The country where vikings came from.
What is Greenland?
100
Hernando Cortes - a Spanish Explorer landed in this present day country and met Aztecs.
What is Mexico?
100
In 1453 after Muslims took control of the Middle East, Europeans started looking for these to Asia.
What is shorter water or trade routes?
200
An imagined westerly water route which would take people to Asia.
What is Northwest Passage?
200
This Spanish explorer landed in Florida and was the first Spaniard to set foot in present day United States.
Who is Ponce de Leon?
200
Christopher Columbus set sail from this country to look for a route to the far east.
What is Spain?
200
John Cabot was searching for a Northwest Passage and landed here. He thought he reached Asia.
What is New Foundland?
200
Europeans wanted to sail this direction to get to Asia.
What is west?
300
A Spanish military man, conqueror and explorer.
What is a conquistador?
300
This explorer made two voyages. In his exploration he realized that Columbus and Cabot did not find Asia.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
300
Jacques Cartier was sent by the King of this country to claim much of present day Eastern Canada for this country.
What is France?
300
The name of the settlement that Leif Eriksson established in present day Canada in 1002.
What is Vinland?
300
The first permanent European settlement located in Florida.
What is St. Augustine?
400
A path someone followed to get from one place to another to trade goods they can sell at home.
What is a trade route?
400
This explorer landed on the west coast of Florida. He then moved north to present day Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
Who is Hernando de Soto?
400
Francisco Pizarro who reached the Incan Empire in South America originated from this country.
What is Spain?
400
Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Panama and became the first European to see this from America.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
400
Spanish Explorers were either one of these two roles.
What are conquistadors or missionaries?
500
The name given to the "new continent" by Martin Waldseemuller, a German mapmaker. He named it after Amerigo Vespucci.
What is America?
500
The Spanish explorer who with his crew proved that Asia could be reached by sailing west.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
500
Giovanni da Verrazano who explored the East coast from North Carolina to New England was an explorer for this country.
What is France?
500
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado traveled through the Southwestern part of North America looking for this...
What are the Seven Cities of Gold?
500
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo searched for this waterway that connected the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean in the Northern part of America.