A Legendary Land
European Exploration
Sailed the Ocean Blue
Voyage of Exploration
Bonus
100
This is an adventure story that tells about the brave deeds of people long ago.
What is a saga?
100
This is the name of a European whose description of the riches of China made traders want to go to Asia.
Who is Marco Polo?
100
Columbus believed that sailing this would be a quicker, more direct route to Asia.
What is west?
100
Italian explorer who landed in present-day Newfoundland but told people he had found Cathay.
Who is Giovanni Caboto or John Cabot?
100
Columbus hoped to find this on his voyages.
What are gold, jewelry, riches, spices?
200
This is the leader of the first Europeans to visit the Americas.
Who is Leif Eriksson?
200
This is the name of the city captured by the Turks, closing off trade routes between Europe and Asia.
What is Constantinople?
200
This is the year in which Columbus set sail to find Asia
When is 1492?
200
This is the body of water reached by Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
200
What did Columbus hoped to find as a result of his expeditions?
A sea route to Asia.
300
This is the local name for the island on which Colombus first landed.
Where is Guanahani?
300
Portugese explorer who found a sea route to Asia by sailing all the way around Africa
Who is Vasco de Gama?
300
Columbus set sail with 89 sailors and these three ships.
What are 1. The Nina 2. The Pinta 3. The Santa Maria
300
European who proved it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
300
What is the effect Marco Polo had on other explorers?
Wanted a share in the wealth and travel to Asia.
400
This is the name of the first European people known to have visited the Americas.
Who are the Vikings?
400
Porugese explorer who was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa, but was forced to return due to storm.
Who is Bartholomeu Dias?
400
Columbus wanted to convert the natives to this religion.
What is Catholic?
400
Italian explorer who figured out that Columbus had not reached Asia.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
400
What ways did food supplies affect early expeditions?
Food supplies were scarce and often spoiled. The explorers ate unhealthy or nothing at all which led to scurvy.
500
This is the first European to make a globe.
Who is Martin Behaim?
500
Vasco de Gama saile around this Cape in order to reach India.
What is Cape of Good Hope?
500
The native people of Guanahani traded their goods for these.
What are glass beads, hawks' bells, and red caps?
500
This is the name of a sickness caused by not getting enough Vitamin C.
What is scurvy?
500
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