Explorers
An Italian explorer, this man tried to reach Asia by sailing West but instead ended up in America.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
Named after the explorer Amerigo Vespucci, this location spans two continents in the Western hemisphere.
What is America?
This "prophet" was responsible for creating Islam, a great threat to Europe both in the past and the present.
Who was Muhammad?
Leading the Niña and The Pinta, this ship was named after the Queen of Heaven and Earth.
What is the Santa Maria?
This was the year when Spain simultaneously discovered the New World and expelled the Muslims and Jews.
What is 1492?
An adventurer who traveled on land, this European visited China and spoke of marvelous tales and riches from the East.
Who was Marco Polo?
An older word to describe Asia, this place's name originates from the Latin root word for "East."
This pope called the Crusades in order to save Christian Europe.
Who was Pope Urban II?
This Spanish queen commissioned Christopher Columbus to go on three more voyages to the New World after he returned.
Who was Queen Isabella?
Johannes Gutenberg invented the first movable type, also known as "The Printing Press," in this year.
What is 1440?
A Portuguese mariner, this man was the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope.
Who was Bartolomeu Dias?
The first permanent, year-round European colony in the Americas was on this island.
What is Hispaniola?
Famous for being the tomb in which Jesus' body was placed after his crucifixion, this site was also the goal for pilgrims trying to reach the Holy Land.
What is the Holy Sepulchre?
Known as "The Navigator," this Portuguese noble encouraged navigation to find a sea route around Africa.
Who was Prince Henry?
Pope Urban II launched the first crusade in this year.
What is 1095?
Long before Columbus, this Viking explorer founded a lumber outpost in Newfoundland.
Who was Leif Erickson?
The Italian city from which Christopher Columbus originated.
What is Genoa?
Many Crusaders brought back luxurious goods to Europe from the Middle East, including this type of fabric.
What is silk?
A descendant of barbarians, this man ruled much of Asia during the time of Marco Polo.
Who was Kublai Khan?
Marco Polo returned from China along the Silk Road in this year after his 17-year adventure.
What is 1295?
This man helped complete the first total circumnavigation of the world, though he died in battle before it finished
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
This archipelago in Indonesia was historically the world's only source of nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves.
What is "The Spice Islands?"
What is the Reconquista?
Both a nobleman and an Explorer, this Portuguese man was the first European to reach India by sea.
Who was Vasco de Gama?
The first circumnavigation of the world under Ferdinand Magellan sailed in this year.
What is 1519?