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Explorers 5
100
Which country paid for John Cabot to set sail?
What is England?
100
What feat was Ferdinand Magellan's crew known for?
What is sailing around the world?
100
How many years did Magellan's voyage take?
What is 3 years?
100
What was the main disadvantage of the Columbian Exchange for the Native Americans?
What is diseases brought by Europeans?
100
What region of current day United States did Hernando DeSoto explore?
What is Southeast?
200
What year did Cabot set sail?
What is 1497?
200
Which of the explorers was NOT sponsored by Spain?
What is LaSalle?
200
How were Europeans able to travel faster and further during the 1400s?
What is improvements in ships?
200
Who were the conquistadors?
What is Spanish soliders who defeated Native Americans?
200
What was Hernando DeSoto looking for?
What is gold and silver?
300
What current state did DeSoto conquer?
What is Florida?
300
Which explorer was abandoned by his crew?
What is Henry Hudson?
300
Which explorer was sponsored by France?
What is Robert LaSalle?
300
What river did Robert LaSalle explore?
What is the Mississippi River?
300
What did Columbus, Magellan, Hudson, and Cabot have in common?
What is all were looking for a faster route to the Spice Islands?
400
What was the name of the land journey explorers took that led them to India and China?
What is the Silk Road?
400
What were the 3 countries in competition during the age of exploration?
What is England, Spain, and Portugal?
400
What did politicial and economical competition among European countries lead to?
What is exploring and colonizing the Americas?
400
What effect did the desire for spices have on Europeans?
What is the exploration of the East Indies?
400
A navigational tool that was used to measure the height of the sun above the horizon,
What is an Astrolabe?
500
Why do you think it is important that we know about these explorers?
500
Which explorer do you think had the biggest impact (most important)? Why?
500
What do you think our country would look like today if Europeans had not discovered North America?
500
What is one positive effect of the Columbian Exchange?
500
Horses, pigs, diseases, cattle, coffee beans are all items that were?
What is brought TO the Americas (New World) from Europe?
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