This country sponsored Christopher Columbus' expedition
What is Spain
100
Who invented the printing press?
Who is Johannes Gutenberg
100
Who was the leader of the first expedition around the world?
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
100
Who discovered what he thought was the Indies?
Who is Columbus
100
What were the costs of expeditions for explorers?
What is potential death, disease, returning with nothing.
200
What was Columbus' main reason to sail west from Europe?
What is to find a more direct water route to Asia
200
Define technology
What is scientific knowledge and tools
200
What country was the first to explore a water route to Asia?
What is Portugal
200
What group of Europeans reached North America about 500 years before Columbus?
Who are the Vikings
200
What were the costs of expeditions for sponsors of explorers?
What is money, supplies, ships, explorers may return with nothing.
300
What was the date that Columbus landed in the New World?
What is October 12, 1492
300
What was the name of the sleeker and large ship that explorers used?
What is a caravel
300
Who was the Portuguese ruled that started a school for explorers?
Who is Prince Henry
300
What place did John Cabot discover?
What is Newfoundland and Labrador
300
What were some of the benefits of expeditions for explorers?
What is glory, gold and riches, finding new land, conquering natives, converting natives.
400
What did Columbus name the first island he landed on?
What is San Salvador
400
Who was the cartographer that took Vespucci's findings and created a new map?
Who is Martin Waldseemuller
400
Who was the Portuguese sailor that became the first European to sail around Africa and reach Asia?
Who is Bartolomeu Dias
400
On what island did Columbus attempt to establish a settlement?
What is Hispanola
400
What were some of the benefits of expeditions for the sponsers of explorers?
What is adding land to their empire, more power, recieving more money, converting natives, glory.
500
What ocean did Columbus cross to get to the New World?
What is the Atlantic Ocean
500
What was the impact of the printing press on the people of Europe and exploration?
What is allowed ideas to spread faster and books, like "The Travels of Marco Polo", caused people to want to explore and find gold.
500
Who was the New World named after?
Who is Amerigo Vespucci
500
What were problems that early European explorers faced?
What is disease, finding nothing, injury, "sea monsters".
500
What did Columbus believe about the lands he reached in 1492? What are 2 facts that proved his belief was incorrect?
What is that he was in the Indies and that he had found a faster route to the Asia.
Proved incorrect because Vespucci and Magellan realized that Asia was farther away than thought so Columbus' route was not faster and the riches and spices that Marco Polo talked about in his book were not present where Columbus landed.