This story, the Greenlander's _________, tells of the travels of the Vikings from settlements in Greenland to the Americas.
What is the Greenlander's SAGA?
100
A person who makes maps is called this.
What is a cartographer?
100
Marco Polo traveled to this country and stayed there for over 20 years.
What is China?
100
He met the Taino people when he sailed to America in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
A small, round hill
What is a knoll?
200
This Viking lead the first expedition to North America.
Who is Leif Eriksson?
200
This man created the first globe.
Who is Martin Behaim?
200
Name 3 things that Europeans wanted from their trade with Asia.
What is gold, jewels, silk, perfumes, or spices? (any 3)
200
This Italian described the riches he saw when he traveled to Asia.
Who is Marco Polo?
200
Searching the unknown
What is exploration?
300
This settlement, founded by the Vikings, is in present day Canada.
What is Vinland?
300
Europeans stopped explored in the early 1000's because of these reasons (Name 2!)
What is the fear of sun boiling the sea and sea monsters, square sailed ships that were slow, rulers unwilling to give money, and inaccurate maps? (Any 2)
300
After years of not exploring, name 2 things that "set the stage" for European exploration.
What is faster ships, better compasses, need to find water route to Asia, and more money from monarchs? (any 2)
300
Portuguese leader who started a school for navigators
Who is Prince Henry?
300
A meeting
What is an encounter?
400
This Viking attacked and killed natives that were peacefully sleeping, causing Vikings to stop exploring in the Americas.
Who is Leif Erickson's brother, Thor?
400
This continent was the wrong shape and size on the first globe.
What is Africa?
400
This group, from the Ottoman Empire, took control of the land and closed the trade routes in the Middle East.
Who are the Turks?
400
Explorer who found the first water route from Portugal to Asia by sailing around the tip of Africa and over to India.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
400
An instrument used to find direction
What is a compass?
500
Name a Scandinavian country where the Vikings came from
What is Norway, Sweden, or Denmark?
500
Name 3 continents that Behaim did not include on the first globe.
What is North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica?
500
When this city was taken over in 1453, Europeans were forced to stop trading in the Middle East.
What is Constantinople?
500
These Spanish monarchs gave Christopher Columbus permission to find a westward water route to Asia.
Who is Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand?
500
The study of how to plan and control the course of a ship