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Columbus
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Routes
100
These people sailed from Norway to North America in the 900s.
What is vikings
100
Queen Isabella of Spain changed her mind to send Columbus on his exploration because...
What is she doesn't want France to get rich?
100
This explorer sailed from England to Newfoundland. During his second trip, he was never heard from again.
Who is John Cabot?
100
Where ships arrive to unload their goods.
What is a port?
100
A direct water route across North America that really did not exist.
What is the Northwest Passage?
200
A part of the ocean or sea that pushes inland.
What is a gulf?
200
The names of Columbus' ships
What is Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria?
200
The two explorers sent by the French to find a Northwest Passage.
Who is Verrazano and Cartier?
200
Setting out to discover and look around unknown places and things.
What is to explore?
200
This explorer went down the coast of Africa. He accidentally went around the tip of it because of a storm.
Who is Bartholomew Dias?
300
The movement of groups of people from one place to another.
What is migration?
300
The cartographer that figured out that Columbus was in a new world and named it after himself.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
300
This person started a navigation school.
Who is Prince Henry of Portugal?
300
A viking folktale , often about events that really happened.
What is a saga?
300
This person sailed from Europe, around Africa and made it to India for the first time.
Who is Vasco de Gama?
400
The skills of map reading, knowing directions, and finding various locations.
What is navigation?
400
Columbus thought he was in this continent when he really was in North America.
What is Asia or India?
400
This person traveled to Asia by land. It took him years to get there. He wrote a book about his travels.
Who is Marco Polo?
400
A place where shallow water races quickly across a rocky river.
What is a rapid?
400
This person's crew sailed around the world.
Who is Magellan?
500
A narrow strip of land between two bodies of water.
What is an isthmus?
500
The country that gave Columbus money to explore
What is Spain?
500
This person determined there was no Northwest Passage.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
500
Someone who buys and sells goods.
What is a merchant?
500
The name of the island where Columbus landed for the first time.
What is Hispaniola?
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