What are the Indies? (I will also accept Asia, China, or India.)
100
This term describes the use of scientific knowledge to solve practical problems. New forms of this allowed sailors to tackle the long voyages to the Americas and Asia.
What is technology?
100
The Spanish explorer who looked for the mythical fountain of youth.
Who is Ponce de Leon?
100
This powerful Native American people had an empire in Mexico.
Who are the Aztecs?
100
The settlers who claimed parts of Canada and Central North America and traded furs with the Native Americans.
Who are the French?
200
The island chain that Columbus actually arrived at.
What are the Bahamas? (I will also accept the Caribbean.)
200
Columbus's Nina and Pinta were this type of small, more maneuverable ship?
What is the caravel?
200
The explorer who looked for the Northwest Passage for the Dutch first, then for the English.
Who is Henry Hudson?
200
This powerful Native American people had an empire in Peru.
Who are the Inca?
200
The settlers who searched for gold and relied heavily on Native American slave labor for their economy.
Who are the Spanish?
300
The name that Columbus gave to the people he encountered when he landed in the Bahamas.
What is "Indians"?
300
Columbus's lead ship, the Santa Maria, was this type of new cargo ship.
What is a carrack?
300
The main reason why the Portuguese explored the world.
What is to search for new trade routes?
300
This Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztecs.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
300
The settlers who settled on the East Coast of North America and mainly wanted farmland.
Who are the English?
400
The country that Christopher Columbus sailed for.
What is Spain?
400
This navigation tool uses a magnetic needle to show the direction in which a person or vessel is traveling.
What is a compass?
400
The Spanish explorer who traveled as far west as present-day Oklahoma.
Who is Hernando de Soto?
400
This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca and killed their king.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
400
The settlers who established tenant farms along the St. Lawrence River in Canada.
Who are the French?
500
The part of the Americas that Columbus mapped the coastline of.
What is Central America?
500
These two navigation tools allowed sailors to measure the angle of a star to the horizon, which helped them find their location at sea.
What are the astrolabe and the quadrant?
500
The name of the first French explorer to reach North America.
Who is Giovanni de Verrazano?
500
The Florida Indian tribe that attacked Ponce de Leon's expedition.
Who are the Calusa?
500
The settlers who came from a small European country without many natural resources.