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100
The name that the Vikings gave the New World.
What is Vinland?
100
The explorer is that is known for finding the New World.
Who is Columbus?
100
The day Columbus landed on San Salvador.
What is October 12, 1492?
100
The name "America" first stood for.
What is South America?
100
The name the German mapmaker used to name the New World.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
200
This is the name of the first European (Spanish) settlement.
What is Saint Augustine?
200
These people landed in North America in 1000 AD but kept it a secret.
Who are the Vikings?
200
The approximate year that Leif Erickson and the Vikings landed in America.
What is 1000 AD?
200
The seven continents and four oceans.
What is Europe, Asia, Antarctica, North America, South America, Australia, and Africa? What is Indian, Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic?
200
He was the great leader of the Aztecs.
Who is Montezuma?
300
This is the name of the first FRENCH settlement.
What is the settlement of Quebec?
300
The man who found and explored the Mississippi River.
Who is DeSoto?
300
The year John Cabot landed in what is now America and claimed it for England.
What is 1497?
300
He is the most famous "sea dog" or pirate.
Who is Drake the Dragon?
300
Columbus made this many voyages to what is called the New World.
Who made four voyages to the New World?
400
The explorer who claimed the New World for England.
Who is John Cabot?
400
The man who arrived in Canada, claimed it for France, and then founded the settlement of Quebec.
Who is Champlain?
400
The year is 1519.
What is the year Cortez began conquering the Aztecs?
400
The three countries who claimed land in the New World.
What is England, Spain, and France?
400
The man looking for the fountain of youth that explorered Florida.
Who is Ponce de Leon?
500
The exporer who explored Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and found the Grand Canyon.
Who is Coronado?
500
The greedy Spainiard who conquered Mexico and the Aztecs.
Who is Cortez?
500
The year is 1608.
What is the date Champlain started the settlement of Quebec?
500
Cartier's accomplishments for France.
Who started a fur trade and friendship with the Indians, and he claimed land for France?
500
What Columbus was really looking for.
What is a short sea route to Asia (India)?