Why did Europeans search for new trade routes to the "East" for goods (gold, silk, spices)?
Overland was slow, difficult, and risky. Non-Europeans controlled know water routes to the East.
100
This explorer found a water route to the East for Portugal by sailing around Africa and reaching India. Who am I?
Vasco da Gama
100
When Columbus reached the first island, he named it San Salvador. What mistake had Columbus made? (Hint: Where did he think... that he had landed?)
Columbus thought that he had reached the Indian Ocean and the Indies. But, he had reached the Caribbean Sea and one of the Bahama Islands.
100
Who were the first Europeans to reach the Americans? They also reached Iceland and Greenland.
Vikings
100
What is the name of Eric the Red's son? (Eric the Red was a Viking leader.)
Leif Ericson
200
Name the explorer that reached the southern tip of Africa, but he returned to Portugal after a storm at sea and fearful crew.
Bartholomeu Dias
200
Which explorer sailed down the Mississippi River and into the Gulf of Mexico?
A. John Cabot
B. Robert de La Salle
C. Francisco Pizarro
B. Robert de La Salle
200
Explain what the "Fountain of Youth" is.
Anyone who drank the waters would never grow old.
200
Name the European that was: Portuguese, began a school for sailors, wanted to reach the East by sailing south and round the tip of Africa.
Prince Henry the Navigator
200
What is the name of the southern tip of Africa? (I "hope" you know the answer.)
Cape of Good Hope
300
Explain why Christopher Columbus wanted to sail west (not south) to find a water route. (Give at least one reason.)
Columbus thought the earth was round, and the distance to Asia was about 3,500 miles.
300
Columbus reached all these places, except: San Salvador, coast of South America, Central America, China
China
300
What Spanish explorer sailed for Mexico to conquer the Aztecs and steal their gold?
Hernando Cortes
300
What explorer thought that Columbus had found a continent? He sailed along the east coast of South America. The name America has its origin from his name.
Amerigo Vespucci
300
Name the explorer that has a river and bay named after him. He sailed along the U.S. east coast and Canada.
A. Henry Hudson
B. Francisco Downer
C. Christopher Columbus
A. Henry Hudson
400
What explorer found the "Father of Waters" known as the Mississippi River?
Hernando De Soto
400
This explorer went across the Isthmus of Panama to see a body of water that we call the Pacific Ocean. Who am I?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
400
Francisco Pizarro conquered a group of people in Peru. What is the name of these South American Indian people?
Incas
400
What Spaniard sailed to Florida searching for gold? He never found gold or the fountain of youth.
Ponce de Leon
400
Where is the Strait of Magellan located?
southern tip of South America
500
Which of the following is incorrect?
A. Giovanni da Verrazano explored east coast of U.S.
B. Jacques Cartier sailed into the Gulf of St. Lawrence
C. Samuel de Champlain sailed into St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes
D. Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet reached Cuba.
D. incorrect
*Marquette and Joliet reached the Great Lakes and Mississippi River.
500
Magellan was killed in the Philippines. However, what did his crew accomplish that no one had done before?
First ship to sail completely around the world.
500
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado did not find the "Seven Cities" but did find what landmark in Arizona?
Grand Canyon
500
What explorer sailed for England and found Newfoundland?