Searching the unkown. You know it as the verb...
explore
Exploration
200
Francis Drake
( be precise, please )
The 2nd explorer to sail around the world
200
Canada ?
George Vancouver
200
My name is De La Salle. I was the first to sail down the length of this river...
SAY IT & SPELL IT
M I S S I S S I P P I
200
What did Columbus name the people he met on his voyage in 1492?
Indians
300
An Adventurous Story
Saga
300
Bartolomeu Dias
Hint: ( Cape of Good Hope )
Sailed down and AROUND the Southern portion of Africa before returning home
300
The river in which I found, is named after me..
Hint( it seperates New Jersey from New York )
Henry HUDSON
THE HUDSON RIVER runs between NY & NJ
300
1st European explorer to discover Brazil..
Pedro Cabral
300
Name the two Indian tribes that were conquered by Cortes and Pizarro?
Aztecs and Incas
400
An instrument to find direction..
Compass
400
Ponce De Leon
( was in search of the Fountain of Youth and Riches )
Hint: State
First to set foot on Florida
400
Florida and Southeastern portion of United States
Hernando De Soto
400
We may have been the earliest of explorers to reach the eastern portion of North America... We were from Norway, Sweden and Denmark. For some reason, people think we were mean... We are referred to as ..
VIKINGS
400
DAILY
DOUBLE
Conquistador
500
This person MAKES maps...
A Cartographer
500
Marco Polo
Hint: by _________ and Sea.
What did he do?
Traveled across Asia through China (ON FOOT)
500
I explored the coast of California?
Juan R. Cabrillo
500
I was built to make it easier for ships to get to the Pacific Ocean WITHOUT having to go around the southern tip of South America. I am man made. It's a CUT THROUGH.
The Panama Canal
500
Name the three ships Columbus used and which one did he sail on to the NEW WORLD?
The NINA, PINTA & SANTA MARIA. He navigated
the Santa Maria west.