Famous Explorers
The G's
Columbian Exchange
Maritime Tech
Movie Prompts
100

Italian explorer who sailed under the Spanish flag in 1492 and landed in the Caribbean?

Christopher Columbus

100

The G that represents the desire to spread Christianity to Indigenous populations.

God 

100

This highly destructive variable introduced by Europeans accidently wiped out up to 90% of Native American populations

Infectious disease 

100

The key navigational tool uses a magnetized needle pointing north to help sailors find their heading at sea.

Compass

100

A wealthy entrepreneur clones dinosaurs for a remote island theme park, but the security systems fail, leaving guests to survive the creatures.

 Jurassic Park (1993)

200

Portuguese explorer whose crew completed the first circumnavigation of the global oceans

Ferdinand Magellan

200

The G that represents the quest for physical riches, spices, and trade wealth ( Is a physical Object )

Gold

200

This root vegetable native to the Americas became a crucial staple crop across Europe

Potato

200

This highly maneuverable, fast sailing ship type was developed by the Portuguese and utilized triangular lateen sails

Caravel

200

A hacker discovers that his reality is a simulated illusion created by machines, and he must join a rebellion to free humanity.

The Matrix (1999)

300

Spanish conquistador who led the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire.

Hernan Cortes

300

The G that represents personal fame, political power, and expanding national empires.

Glory

300

This large creature of burden was brought over by European explorers, completely transforming Native American hunting and travel habits.

Horse

300

Navigators used this ancient instrument to measure the altitude of the sun or stars to calculate their latitude at sea

Astrolabe

300

A time-traveling Merc with a Mouth teams up with an alternate-reality mutant to prevent his timeline's anchor being from dying, altering the multiverse in the process.

Deadpool and Wolverine (2024)

400

English navigator who charted the Arctic regions and a major New York river before disappearing in a northern bay

Henry Hudson

400

Monarchs King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella provided the funding for early Spanish voyages from this country.

Spain

400

This global transfer system is named after the explorer who opened trade networks between eastern and western hemispheres

Columbian Exchange

400

Explorers spent centuries looking for this fabled, nonexistent water passage linking the Atlantic directly to the Pacific Ocean through the north.

Northwest Passage

400

Twenty-four teenagers from twelve impoverished districts are forced by a totalitarian government into a nationally televised battle to the death. When a defiant young girl volunteers to save her younger sister, she inadvertently sparks a rebellion against her oppressors.

The Hunger Games (2008)

500

The Norse explorer widely believed to have landed in North America nearly 500 years before Columbus

Leif Erikson

500

This economic theory drove European powers to exploit colonies to accumulate state wealth and maintain a positive trade balance

Mercantilism

500

This cash crop Native to the Americas quickly became a massive global addiction and economic engine for early colonies.

Tobacco

500

The skill and science of mapmaking, which drastically improved during the Age of exploration as new coastlines were documented.

Cartography

500

An elite military rescue team is stalked and systematically hunted in a dense jungle by an advanced warrior. Stripped of their superior firepower, the survivors must rely on primitive traps and pure instinct to defeat the ultimate warrior before they are all claimed as trophies.

The Predator (1987)
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