The First Visitors from Europe
Who was the explorer from Europe who sailed across the ocean?
Who is Christopher Columbus
Where was Chirstopher Columbus born?
What is Genoa, a city in Italy
What was the month and year when Christopher Columbus set sail with 90 men?
What was August, 1492
Who was known for writing a letter describing the New World?
Who is Amerigo Vespucci
Name three things shared during the Columbian Exchange.
What are plants, animals, and ideas
What group was led by Leif Erikson before Columbus?
Who is the Vikings
Christopher Columbus sailed west on what ocean hoping to find a new way to Asia?
What is the Atlantic Ocean
What were the names of the three ships they sailed on?
What were the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
Who crossed Panama and was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean?
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa
The Columbian Exchange had this type of effect on the Western Hemisphere.
What is positive and negative effects
What two lands did people from Europe want to explore?
What is Asia and Africa
Who did Christopher Columbus ask to finance his voyage first?
Who was the King of Portugal
Approximately how many miles did they travel each day?
What is 170 miles
This word means a narrow water passage.
What is a strait
What is to cultivate them
The first visitors from this place to the Americas were very important.
What is Europe
Who agreed to support Christopher Columbus' voyage?
Who was King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
When did they finally see land?
Who found a strait near South America?
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
What was one negative effect that the Europeans brought with them?
What is disease such as smallpox, measles, and influenza
Who were the "seagoing people" that originally lived in the part of northern Europe known as Scandinavia?
Who were the Vikings
What did Columbus discover when he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean?
What is new lands
What is Spain and Indians
What does the word "circumnavigate" mean?
What is to travel all the way around the earth.
Why did many Native Americans get sick when the Europeans arrived?
What is they did not have immunity