Early Explorers
Spanish Explorers
Vocabulary
Northwest Passage
New Technology
100

True Or False?

Marco Polo Wrote A Book About His Travels.

True! He Co-Wrote His Book “The Travels Of Marco Polo!”

100

When Was Juan Ponce De León’s 3rd Expedition?

1521!

100

Define The Word Technology

The Use Scientific Knowledge And Tools To Make Or Do Something.

100

Why Was No One Able To Find The Northwest Passage? 

It Did Not Exist

100

What Is A Caravel?

A Caravel Is A Type Of Ship That Made The Age Of Exploration Possible!

200

The Explorer That Traveled To Modern-Day China And Wrote About His Travels?

Marco Polo!

200

What Was The Purpose Of Hernando Cortés’s Journey?

To Find Gold In The Land Of The Aztecs And Spread Catholic Religion!

200

What Are Trading Routes?

A System That Allows People To Get Goods From Faraway Places!

200

Why Did People Want To Find The NorthWest Passage?

It Was A Quicker Route To Asia! They also Thought that they could make Trade Routes.

200

True Or False

A Magnetic Compass Allowed Caravels To Store A Great Amount Of Supplies.

False!

300

Who Allowed Columbus To Go On His First Expedition/ Which country Funded It?

Spain!

300

What Is One Thing Francisco Vásquez De Coronado Discovered? 

He Found The Zuni Native Anericans And He Claimed Land For Spain!

300

What Is The Silk Road?

A Path Connecting The East And West Of Asia.

300

Which 3 Explorers Went To Find The Northwest Passage?

Henry Hudson, Jacques Cartier, Giovanni Da Verrazano

300

What did Triangular Sails help a ship to do?

Triangular Sails Helped The Ship To Maneuver And Sail Against The Wind!

400

True Or Flalse?

Columbus Treated The Native Americans With Respect Once He Got There.

False, he treated them horribly!

400

When was Hernando Cortes‘s First Expedition?

1519!

400

What Is A Spanish Explorer Called?

A Conquistador!

400

Where did they believe the Northwest Passage was located?

North America

400

True Or False

An Astrolabe Is A Device That Used The Sun And North Star With The Horizon To Help Sailors To Determine Their Latitude.

True!

500

Who WereThe First Group Of Europeans To Reach North America? 

The Vikings!

500

What Fountin Was Juan Ponce De León Looking For In His Expedition in 1512?

The Fountin Of Youth!

500

Define The Word Cardinal Direction

One Of The Main Directions: North, South, East, Or West!

500

Why Did People Believe The Northwest Passage Existed?

They Thought There Must Be a Waterway Between Spain And Asia!

500

What Is The Shallow Keel?

A Shallow Keel Allowed Caravels To Get Closer To Land!

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