Early Explorers
Americas
Native Americans
Lost Colony
Explorations in the North
100
The earliest recorded European explorer to travel through Asia
Who is Marco Polo?
100
Round
What shape did Christopher Columbus believe the world was?
100
Explorer who conquered the Aztecs
Who is Hernan Cortes?
100
Queen of England who wanted to establish a colony in the New World
Who is Elizabeth 1?
100
Name of the new North American colony filled with settlers from different countries
What is Newfoundland?
200
Led a school of Portuguese sailors exploring the coast of Africa
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
200
Columbus' three ships
What are the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?
200
Aztec chief who fought the Spanish conquistadores
Who is Montezuma?
200
Queen's favorite knight in charge of exploration in the New World
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
200
Explorer who first reached Newfoundland
Who is John Cabot?
300
This emperor of China befriended Marco Polo.
Who is Kublai Khan?
300
Queen of Spain who financed Christopher Columbus
Who is Queen Isabella?
300
Capital city of the Aztecs
What is Tenochtitlan?
300
First English baby born in the New World
Who is Virginia Dare?
300
The name of the new colony on Newfoundland
What is St. John's?
400
Portuguese explorer who became the first to sail for India and return with spices
Who is Vasco de Gama?
400
The explorer who realized Columbus' new land was not India, but a whole new continent
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
400
Native American tribe befriended by Jacques Cartier
Who are the Micmac people?
400
Settler who was sent from Roanoke Island back to England for more supplies
Who is John White?
400
Explorer who wanted to find a river through North America
Who is Jacque Cartier?
500
Navigation tools used by Prince Henry the Navigator
What are the astrolabe, compass, or rope with knots for measuring speed?
500
Explorer who wanted to find a river that cut through South America
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
500
Chief of the Huron tribe who tried to keep Cartier from going further down the St. Lawrence river
Who is Donnacona?
500
One of the great mysteries of the early colonies, still unsolved today
What happened to the colony at Roanoke Island?
500
River that Cartier explored in hopes of sailing through North America
What is the St. Lawrence River?
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