Who?
I was trying to sail to the East Indies, but ended up in the West Indies.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The country that funded Columbus and Coronado's voyages.
What is Spain?
The place that Columbus traveled from.
Where is Spain?
The year Columbus took his voyage.
What is 1492?
Why the Spanish established missions (two reasons).
to convert people to Christianity and to get allies.
I was trying to find the Northwest Passage.
Who was John Cabot?
The things explorers were looking for.
Gold and spices
What are the East Indies?
When the Spanish established missions
When is 1570s, 1590s and 1700s.
Why did they need a different route than the Spice Road?
It was too dangerous of a journey due to pack animals and robbers.
I created the map that led to Columbus' confusion about the East Indies.
Who is Toscanelli?
One navigational tool sailors use.
a compass
The place that Columbus landed.
Where is the West Indies?
The decade in which Europeans began looking for a better way to get to the "Spice Islands".
Describe how indigenous people interacted with Henry Hudson.
They invited him to trade, they invited him to stay in their home, they broke their bows and arrows and threw them in a fire to show he didn't need to be afraid.
I explored the southwest and wrote letters to the king where I called buffalos cows.
Who is Coronado?
Communities set up to convert groups of people from one religion to another
What are missions?
The continent that Columbus thought he had reached.
Where is Asia?
When is 1607?
Why did Columbus call the natives Indians?
He thought he was in the "Indies".
We are the Native Americans Columbus encountered on his journey.
Who are the Taino?
The explorer who was put on a boat in the middle of the ocean and never heard from again.
Who is Henry Hudson?
The ocean that Columbus crossed to return home to Spain.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
The year Toscanelli made his map.
When is 1474?
How did Columbus treat the Native Americans?
He kidnapped and enslaved some of them and took them back to Spain.