In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
Wait a second...this isn't Asia!
I am from Spain, and I shall conquer you!
Race you to Asia!
The Explorer Challenge
100
The country that Christopher Columbus explored for and claimed land for.
What is Spain?
100
The place that everyone thought was Asia.
What is the Americas (or the New World)?
100
This is the Spanish word for "conqueror."
What is conquistador?
100
This was a route through or around North America to Asia; European countries were racing to be the first to find this.
What is Northwest Passage?
100
This explorer discovered San Salvador.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
200
The place Christopher Columbus thought he was traveling to.
What is Asia (or the Indies)?
200
The name of the Italian explorer who sailed for England and arrived in what he also thought was Asia.
Who is John Cabot?
200
This is the term for a large sum of money given to explorers so that they could go explore and claim land for a country.
What is a grant?
200
To rebel against the captain of a ship.
What is mutiny?
200
This explorer reached the mouth of the St. Lawrence River in what is now Canada.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
300
The names of the three ships in Christopher Columbus's expedition.
What are the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria?
300
The name of the man who finally discovered that the Americas were not Asia.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
300
This was the mission of many Spanish explorers as they claimed land, searched for riches, and met Native Americans.
What is converting Native Americans to Christianity?
300
This is the reason Europeans wanted to find a faster route to Asia.
What is to trade and make money?
300
This explorer crossed the Isthmus of Panama to see the Pacific Ocean.
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
400
The name of the place that Christopher Columbus first discovered and named.
What is San Salvador?
400
A narrow strip of land that connects two large land areas.
What is an isthmus?
400
Hernando Cortes conquered this civilization in the Americas.
What is Aztec?
400
Jacques Cartier claimed land for France in what is now this country.
What is Canada?
400
This explorer's expedition was the first to sail around the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
500
The two main problems that Columbus and his crew faced on their expedition.
What are damaged ships and weather?
500
The reason that European countries sent explorers to the Americas.
What is to compete for land and wealth?
500
This was the main result of the Counter-Reformation in the Americas.
What is the Church sending missionaries to the Americas to convert Native Americans?
500
The two countries that Henry Hudson claimed land for.
What are England and the Netherlands?
500
This Spanish conquistador conquered the Incas.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
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