Explorers
Vocabulary Terms
Columbus
Parts of a ship
Exchange
100
This explorer mapped the coast of North Carolina up to New Foundland.
Who is Verrazano
100
The idea that a country gains power by building up a supply of gold and silver.
What is mercantilism?
100
1492
What is the year Columbus sailed?
100
The area where sailors cooked and slept.
What is the upper deck.
100
This big seeded fruit was sent from North America to Europe in the Columbian Exchange.
What are pumpkins
200
This explorer discovered the Hudson River/Hudson Bay area in Canada. Must give full name.
Who is Henry Hudson?
200
To sell to other countries
What is export?
200
This date is observed at Columbus Day in North America.
What is October 12?
200
This area stored goods aboard the ship.
What is the hold
200
These diseases were exchanged between continents.
What are measles, small pox and malaria
300
Sailed around the tip of Africa and landed in India
Who is de Gama?
300
To buy from other countries or bring "in"
What is import?
300
Spain
What country did Columbus sail for?
300
This area is used as a look out atop the ship
What is the crows nest
300
Asia
Where were spices, silk and gold found?
400
Explored New Foundland
Who is Cabot?
400
The buying of goods in large quantities over long distances.
What is Commerce?
400
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand
Who supported Columbus' voyage?
400
This is room contains a study, bedroom, and eating area.
What is the captain's cabin
400
Peasants made goods to trade in this countryside setting.
What was the cottage industry?
500
Sailed around the world and was killed in the Philippines
Who is Magellan?
500
A settlement of people in a new territory with ties to the home land.
What is a Colony?
500
Atlantic
What ocean did Columbus cross?
500
These parts helped the ship move in the wind.
What are masts/sails
500
Astrolabe and compass
What are two types of technology?
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