Explorers
Vocabulary
Bodies of Water
100
Magellan
Who was the first to circumnavigate the world?
100
Armada
What is a fleet of warships?
100
Atlantic Ocean
What body of water did Columbus cross?
200
Francis Drake
Who was an English pirate who sailed around the world?
200
Missions
How did Spain spread Christianity?
200
Northwest Passage
What fictional body of water would connect the Atlantic to the Pacific?
300
Cartier & Hudson
Who claimed eastern Canada?
300
Astrolabe
What is a form of 15th century technology?
300
St.Lawrence River
What waterway was important to New France?
400
Marco Polo
Who opened trade with China?
400
Lousiana Region
What is the area from Appalachians to Rockies?
400
Atlantic to Indian Ocean
What did Da Gama travel across to get to India?
500
Columbus
Who thought he had reached the Indies?
500
Buffer zone
What protected colonies?
500
Caribbean
Where did Columbus explore?
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