Language of the Discipline
Christopher Columbus
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Technological Developments
Monarchs of Exploration
100
The effort made to achieve or gain something.
What is cost?
100
He believed that sailing west across the Ocean Sea was a more direct route to _______ than sailing around Africa.
What is Asia?
100
Coronado led an expedition in search of ____________.
What are the Seven Cities of Gold?
100
A navigational tool for finding directions.
What is a compass?
100
He started a school of navigation.
Who is Prince Henry of Portugal?
200
Something that is gained.
What is a benefit?
200
In 1485, he asked these monarchs to support his voyage to Asia.
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
200
The lands that Coronado explored.
What is the southwestern United States?
200
A long, narrow seaworthy ship that can carry more cargo, sail quickly over long distances and move in any direction.
What is a caravel?
200
The first person that Columbus asked for money for his trip to Asia who turned him down.
Who is King John II of Portugal?
300
The science of planning and following a route.
What is an expedition?
300
Columbus sailed with 90 sailors on these three ships.
What are the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?
300
The country that Coronado claimed land for.
What is Spain?
300
A navigational tool that calculates the position of the sun, moon and stars to determine latitude.
What is astrolabe?
300
The Catholic king that supported Columbus' plan and gave him money for his voyage.
Who is Ferdinand?
400
Trips taken with the goal of exploring.
What is an expedition?
400
The name that Columbus called the first island he landed on.
What is San Salvador?
400
Coronado claimed a lot of land but he never found any of this.
What is gold?
400
A navigational tool that determines the altitude of the sun or stars.
What is a sextant?
400
The Catholic queen that supported Columbus' plan and gave him money for his voyage.
Who is Isabella?
500
The movement to make Spain all Catholic.
What is the Reconquista
500
The country of first monarch that Columbus asked for money to fund his voyage.
What is Portugal?
500
The name of the priest that said he had seen a gold city.
Who is Marcos de Niza?
500
A navigational tool that kept very accurate time and was used to measure the positions of certain stars based on time.
What is a chronometer?
500
The king of England that heard about Columbus' success and sent his own ships on expeditions to claim new land and discover riches.
Who is King Henry VII?
M
e
n
u