Leif Erikson & The Vikings
This Viking leader was the first known European to land in North America around AD 1000.
Who is Leif Erikson?
In August 1492, Columbus set sail across the Atlantic Ocean with these three ships.
What are the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?
In 1507, cartographer Martin Waldseemüller published a world map naming the new continent "America" after this explorer.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
Born Giovanni Caboto in Italy, this explorer moved to London and petitioned King Henry VII to sail for this nation.
What is England?
This unit vocabulary word refers to a map maker.
What is a cartographer?
Leif named the bountiful land he discovered "Vinland" (located in present-day Canada) because of these growing everywhere.
What are grape vines?
These two Spanish monarchs agreed to finance Columbus's voyage after King John II of Portugal turned him down.
Who are Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand?
Sailing for Portugal on his third voyage, Vespucci discovered this present-day South American location.
What is Rio de Janeiro?
Cabot explored the eastern coast of North America searching for this imaginary water route through the continent to Asia.
What is the Northwest Passage?
Sailors often contracted this disease on long sea voyages due to a lack of vitamin C from fruits and vegetables.
What is scurvy?
Before sailing west, Leif traveled to this homeland of his family, where King Olav taught him and his men Christianity.
What is Norway?
On October 12, 1492, Columbus made landfall on a small island in the Bahamas that he named this.
What is San Salvador?
Vespucci used an almanac based on this science to calculate time differences, longitude, and prove he was on a new continent.
What is astronomy?
In May 1497, Cabot set sail from Bristol across the Atlantic in a bark named this, carrying a crew of 18 men.
What is the Matthew?
This 200-year era of art, learning, and science from 1400 to 1600 sparked the age of European exploration.
What is the Renaissance?
Name two of the three main natural features that made Vinland a great place for a Viking settlement.
What are salmon/fish, forests (wood), or rich black soil/grass for livestock?
Columbus called the indigenous peoples he met "Indians" because he mistakenly believed he had reached this destination.
What is the Indies (or Asia)?
After his voyages ended, Vespucci served in Spain under this title, where he recruited and trained future navigators.
What is Master Navigator?
Cabot brought great economic wealth to England by discovering these rich fishing waters off eastern North America.
What are cod-fishing grounds?
In 1453, the capture of this city cut off land trade routes between Europe and Asia, driving Europeans to find a water route.
What is Constantinople?
Leif earned this nickname after rescuing the crew of a wrecked trading vessel and receiving its rich cargo.
What is "Leif the Lucky"?
Terrified sailors on Columbus's ship threatened this action because they feared they wouldn't find land and doubted his plan.
What is mutiny?
Spain stopped funding Vespucci after his first two voyages because he failed to find this specific item.
What is a waterway / sea route to India?
Cabot is often compared to Christopher Columbus because both explorers shared this key mistake.
What is that both reached North America believing they had landed in Asia?
Name these four explorers in chronological order starting with the earliest: Cabot, Columbus, Erikson, Vespucci.
Who are Leif Erikson (AD 1000), Christopher Columbus (1492), Amerigo Vespucci (1497), and John Cabot (1497)?