What are the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?
100
Sailed with this explorer on his second voyage.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
He started a school of navigation.
Who is Prince Henry of Portugal?
100
In 1519, Spain sent Cortes to find this in the land of the Aztecs.
What is gold?
100
Magellan was killed in a battle at this island.
What is the Philippine Islands?
200
The date Columbus and his crew sailed from Spain.
What is August 3, 1492?
200
In 1513, Ponce de Leon set out to find this land.
What is Bimini?
200
Columbus promised great wealth and new lands, and also said he would take the Catholic religion to the people of Asia if they would support his trip.
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
200
Cortes took this Aztec emperor prisoner.
Who is Motecuhzoma?
200
Magellan named this ocean which means "peaceful".
What is the Pacific Ocean?
300
The first person Columbus asked for money.
Who was King John II of Portugal?
300
Instead of finding Bimini, Ponce de Leon landed in what is now the state of.
What is Florida?
300
He was not interested in Columbus's idea of sailing around Africa to get to Asia, so he denied money to fund his trip.
Who is King John II of Portugal?
300
Cortes had conquered the Aztecs and the Spanish built this city on the ruins of Tenochtitlan.
What is Mexico City?
300
Magellan wanted to prove this explorer right by finding a western route to Asia.
Who is Vespucci?
400
The people Columbus met at the island he named San Salvador.
Who were the Taino?
400
Ponce de Leon was in search of this mythical artifact.
What is the Fountain of Youth?
400
Prince Henry of Portugal hired scientists to improve two of these tools.
What are the compass and the astrolabe?
400
Cortes landed in what is now Mexico with about this many soldiers.
What is 650 soldiers?
400
Magellan expected to cross this in a few days, but instead it took him more than three months.
What is the Pacific?
500
After sailing for over two months, Columbus saw a light to the west but did not trust his own senses so he asked this representative of the King's household to watch for the light.
Who was Pedro Gutierrez?
500
Ponce de Leon was one of the first explorers to experience this strong ocean current.
What is the Gulf Stream?
500
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella saw these things from the Indies making them pay for another expedition.
What are gold, animals, plants, and people?
500
The Aztecs had welcomed Cortes because they believed he was this.
What is a light skinned god who would one day come to rule them?
500
In 1519, Magellan left Spain with this amount of ships and sailors.