Vocabulary
Continents
Places & Explorers
Christopher Columbus
Explorers
100
The story of what has happened in the life of a country or people.
What is history?
100
The continent responsible for settling America.
What is Europe?
100
Countries explored by the Vikings.
What are Iceland and Greenland?
100
The year that Columbus discovered America.
What is 1492?
100
The explorer that went to China and described its riches to Europe.
Who is Marco Polo?
200
The study of the earth's surface
What is geography?
200
The coldest continent.
What is Antarctica?
200
A place rumored to have great wealth and spices.
What is China?
200
The name Columbus gave to the people of the New World because he thought he was in India.
What is Indians?
200
The Viking who was the first European to visit America.
Who is Leif Ericson?
300
A large mass of land.
What is a continent?
300
The continent that is the smallest?
What is Australia?
300
The continent that was sailed around by de Gama?
What is Africa?
300
The 3 ships used on Columbus's first voyages.
What are the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria
300
Explorer who claimed North America for England in 1487.
Who is John Cabot?
400
The name given to Europe after America was discovered.
What is Old World?
400
The continent that is an island.
What is Australia?
400
The continent that John Cabot claimed for England in 1497.
What is North America?
400
The king and queen of Spain who financed Columbus's voyages.
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?
400
Spanish explorer who claimed the Pacific Ocean for Spain and named it the Great South Sea.
Who is Vasco de Balboa?
500
The name given to America.
What is New World?
500
The seven continents.
What is Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, Antarctica, and Asia
500
The four oceans.
What are Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Arctic?
500
The reason Columbus became an explorer.
What is to find China and Japan?
500
The 1st European to explore the land that is now the United States. He explored and named Florida.
Who is Ponce de Leon?
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