Explorers
Dates
Places
Trade
Countries
100
This explorer claimed the Caribbean islands as colonies for Spain.
Who is Columbus
100
This is the year Hudson made his second voyage.
What is 1610
100
The Dutch established trading headquarters on this island.
What is Java
100
During this period of time, European inventors built ships that could travel long distances.
What is the Renaissance
100
This explorer from Spain wanted to find an alternate sea route to Asia.
What is Columbus
200
This explorer made 4 stops in South America.
Who is Hudson
200
The Age of Exploration began in this century.
What is the 1400s
200
Vasco da Gama sailed 27,000 miles to get to this country.
What is India
200
This was the cause of the Age of Exploration.
What is the desire to grow rich and spread Christianity
200
Portugal's Vasco da Gama took this many months to get to India.
What is 10
300
This Portuguese explorer sailed 27,000 miles around the tip of Africa to India in 1497.
Who is Vasco da Gama
300
This is the year that Vasco da Gama sailed around the tip of Africa to India.
What is 1497
300
What continent were European explorers trying to get to?
What is Asia
300
Christopher Columbus landed on this continent, thinking he had reached Asia.
What is North America
300
This country hired Christopher Columbus to find a water passage to Asia.
What is Spain
400
The explorer, Cartier, was from this country.
What is France
400
This is the year that Columbus "sailed the ocean blue."
What is 1492
400
Christopher Columbus set sail for this country.
What is Spain
400
Before European countries found water passages to Asia, items from Asia were traded by this European country.
What is italy
400
These "large areas of land" stood between Christopher Columbus and Asia.
What is continents
500
Magellan sailed to this continent.
What is South America
500
By this year, the Dutch controlled much of Indonesia.
What is 1700
500
Cabral was from this country.
What is Portugal
500
European countries wanted these items from Asia.
What is spices (and other luxury goods)
500
Name a country that started a trading post in Asia.
What is Portugal, France, Spain, Netherlands, England
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