What are North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and Antarctica?
100
Europeans wanted to find a quicker trade route with this continent so they could trade silks and spices.
What is Asia
100
Christopher Columbus sailed off on his first journey on August 12, of this year.
What is 1492.
100
Christopher Columbus believed he had landed in the Indies (Asia) so he called the native people "Indians."
What is the cause?
What is "Columbus believed he had landed in the Indies"
100
This navigational tool was used to show which direction a sailor was sailing.
What is a compass?
200
These are the four major oceans of the world.
What are the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Indian & the Arctic Oceans.
200
This man started a school for explorers and financed map making and ship building.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
200
Columbus believed that he had reached this continent, but he was wrong.
What is Asia (I will also accept the Indies).
200
Living by the water made Columbus dream of sailing one day.
Name the cause and the effect.
Cause - Living by the water.
Effect - Columbus dreamed of sailing.
200
We live on the eastern side of this continent.
What is North America.
300
If you travel southwest from Europe by boat you will land on this continent.
What is South America
300
This navigational tool used the stars and sun to help
explorers find out where they were going.
What is an astrolabe?
300
This country ultimately agreed to finance (pay for) Columbus' voyage.
What is the country of Spain
300
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella financed (paid for) Columbus' voyage and as a result he landed in the New World.
What is the cause. What is the effect
The cause - King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain financed Columbus' trip.
The effect - Columbus landed in the New World.
300
Columbus found this in the new world and demanded that the native people bring him more.
What is gold.
400
If you travel east from North America to Europe you will cross this ocean.
What is the Atlantic.
400
This man's famous book of travel caused Europeans to want to learn more about the world.
Who is Marco Polo?
400
Columbus believed he could find a new route to Asia and the Indies by traveling in this direction.
What is west.
400
After Columbus' "discovery" of the New World different and new world maps were drawn that included the Americas.
What is the cause?
what is the effect?
The cause Columbus' discovery of the New World
The effect - different maps were drawn that included the Americas.
400
During the age of exploration newer and bigger ships were being built.
Ships for explorations that could carry LOTS of materials, supplies and people were called this.
What is cargo ships?
500
If you travel east from Asia you will cross the Pacific ocean and land on this continent.
What is North America.
500
Europeans wanted to convert people they encountered in other lands to this religion.
What is Christianity
500
Columbus' initial voyage from Spain used three ships named the _________, ________ & _________ .
What are the Nina, Pinta & the Santa Maria.
500
Columbus had a hard time finding men willing to sail with him. Sailors called the Atlantic Ocean the “Sea of Darkness.” Other people thought giant monsters lived in the oceans.
Find the cause & the effect
Cause - Sailors were afraid of the Atlantic Ocean
Effect - Columbus had a difficult time finding sailors.
500
These two continents are bordered to the west by the Atlantic Ocean.