Explorers 1
Explorers 2
Miscellaneous
Geography
Miscellaneous 2
100
Explorer who discovered the New World in 1492 (on the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria)
Who is Columbus?
100
Explorer who discovered Florida
Who is Ponce de Leon?
100
The name first given to Canada
What is Vinland or New France?
100
The place Christopher Columbus landed
What is San Salvador?
100
The most famous British "sea dog"
Who is Sir Francis Drake or Drake the Dragon?
200
The continent responsible for settlement of the New World
What is Europe?
200
The viking who was the first European to visit North America
Who is Leif Ericson?
200
A body of land surrounded by water on 3 sides
What is a peninsula?
200
The first Spanish settlement in the New Word
What is St. Augustine?
200
The country that did NOT have claim to land in North America
What is Portugal?
300
Explorer who discovered the Mississippi River
Who is De Soto?
300
The explorer who claimed North America for Europe
Who is John Cabot?
300
The hemisphere where North America is located--Eastern or Western
What is Western?
300
The continent Columbus hoped to reach
What is Asia?
300
The country who made friends with Indians and traded for furs
What is France?
400
Explorer who first saw the Pacific Ocean
Who is Balboa?
400
Explorer who sailed around the tip of Africa to get to India
Who is da Gama?
400
The number of oceans there are
What is four?
400
The largest continent
What is Asia?
400
The country who gave Columbus money needed for his journey
What is Spain?
500
Merchant who visited China and described its riches to Europe
Who is Marco Polo?
500
The explorer who conquered the Aztec Indians in Mexico
Who is Cortes?
500
The number of continents there are
What is seven?
500
The largest Ocean
What is the Pacific Ocean?
500
The explorer who first called America the "New World"
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
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