My voyage was funded by Ferdinand and Isabella. I tried to find the a route route to India, but all I found was the Caribbean!
Christopher Columbus
100
Name the country which owned: Egypt, India, Canada, Australia, Guyana, Pakistan, and 13 colonies in America.
Great Britain
100
Many people came to the Americas expecting to find this precious metal. Some was found in South America, but not so much in North America.
Gold
100
This country conquered two major civilizations in Latin America?
Spain
100
Even though I am English, I was sent by the Dutch in 1609 to find a new waterway to Asia. I found a river in what is now present-day Canada, and named it after myself.
Henry Hudson
200
I traveled around the world from 1520-1521. Though I am from Portugal, my trip was funded by Charles V. On the way I discovered the Philippines, South America and the Pacific Ocean.
Ferdinand Magellan
200
Name the country that owned: Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Cuba, Argentina, the Philippines, Chile, Bolivia and Jamaica.
Spain
200
Many Europeans ended up in the Americas because they were trying to find this.
A new sea route to Asia
200
Spices were too expensive to bring back from Asia because of this.
The spices had to be carried across land, and often bought from other traders.
200
As one of the first explorers to be sent from England it was my job to try and find new territory for Henry VII. I explored areas in Nova Scotia and Labrador in what in now the country of Canada.
Giovanni Caboto or John Cabot
300
These two monarchs of Spain financed Christopher Columbus to find a new route to India.
Ferdinand and Isabella
300
This nation's empire included parts of Canada, the Mississippi River, Algeria, India, Laos, Vietnam, Benin, Niger, Egypt, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.
France
300
Many explorers tried to find a way to Asia in order to find this, a way to make their food taste better.
Spices
300
This is a type of ship that was built for exploration and trade. This ship was able to cut through shallow water more easily.
Caravel
300
I was the first explorer to sail to the bottom part of Africa, but my crew refused to go any farther and so we returned home in 1488 to King John II of Portugal.
Bartolomeu Dias
400
Prince Henry the Navigator funded my trip in 1498 to find a sea route to India. I did so by sailing around the tip of Africa.
Vasco de Gama
400
This nations territories have included: Barbados, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde.
Portugal
400
Many explorers decided they wanted to help the people in the New World by having them convert to this major religion.
Christianity
400
List three ways that European exploration affected the Native Americans in North and South America.
The Europeans brought diseases, expanded slavery, and sometimes forced them to convert to Christianity.
400
Francis I sent me to the New World in 1534 and I traveled the length of the St. Lawrence River in what is now Canada.
Jacques Cartier
500
Although we traveled at different times, we are similar explorers. We were both sent by Charles V to explore the New World. One of us conquered the Aztecs in Mexico while the other conquered the Incans in Peru.
Hernando Cortes and Francisco Pizarro.
500
The countries that is now called Canada, Egypt, and India were once owned by these two different empires.
France and Great Britain
500
One more reason the Europeans decided to explore was so they could find more people to do this.
Buy their goods and products.
500
List two reasons Henry the Navigator became a leader in exploration.
He supported navigation education and he was the son of the king of Portugal.
500
I am the son of John I of Portugal and I greatly influenced others to explore after I conquered a few cities in Africa. I even created a college for those who wanted to explore.