Explorers
Technology
Columbus Category
Misc.
100
The Hudson bay and Hudson river is named after this explorer from the Netherlands
Who is Henry Hudson
100
Device that came from the Chinese that told the user which direction they are facing
What is the magnetic compass
100
What was Columbus trying to find on his voyages?
What is a trade route to India by going around the world
100
What was the Spanish's policy of encomienda?
Right to demand tax and labor from Native Americans.
200
This explorer was the first person to circumnavigate the globe
Who is Magellan
200
Device that measured the position of the stars to tell the user their latitude.
What is the astrolabe
200
Where did Columbus actually land on his first voyage?
the Bahamas
200
What is Mercantilism?
Theory that a country's wealth determines their power.
300
Portuguese sailor that first found a trade route to India
Who is Vasco Da Gama
300
This was the name of the Portuguese ships that were stronger and faster than earlier ships that helped exploration tremendously
What is the Caravel
300
Which King and Queen funded Columbus's expeditions?
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain
300
Name 2 things that the Spanish had that gave them a huge advantage of native americans
Horses, Guns/Cannons, Disease
400
First group of people to actually attempt to colonize North America around 1000 AD.
Who is the Vikings or Leif Erickson
400
This technology allowed people to have greater access to books, including Marco Polo's Travels, in the late 1400s.
What is the movable type / Printing Press
400
Name the three ships Columbus used during his voyages
Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
400
This was a supposed water route north of North America that would lead explorers to Asia. It was never found
Northwest Passage
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