What is a condition caused by deficiency of vitamin C?
Scurvy
100
What is a disease spread by Europeans in the Americas?
Smallpox
100
Who sailed the ocean blue in 1492?
Christopher Colombus
100
Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
100
What is a navigational instrument for finding directions?
Compass
200
What is a commander of English warships that attacked Spanish ships carrying treasure?
Seadog
200
What is a narrow strip of land with water on both sides?
Isthmus
200
Who conquered the Inca Empire, explored Peru, and went along the coast of Lima, Peru?
Pizarro
200
Who discovered the Grand Canyon in search of the fabled Cities of Gold?
Coronado
200
astrolabe
What is a instrument used to determine latitude by measuring the position of the stars?
300
What is a overthrow of officers?
Mutiny
300
What is a readiness to embark on bold new ventures?
Enterprise
300
Who was the first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa?
Vasco Da Gama
300
Who explored from Florida westward to the Mississippi?
Hernando de Soto
300
What is a small, maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic?
Caravel
400
What are Spanish conquerors?
Conquistadors
400
What is the line drawn by the Pope dividing the land in the New World into two parts, with Portugal being granted the East and Spain being granted the West?
Papal Line Of Demarcation
400
Who was the first Portuguese explorer to round the tip of Africa?
Bartolomeu Dias
400
Who sailed into New York Bay?
Verrazano
400
What is gold and silver in the form of bars used to make coins?
Bullion
500
What is a line that marks a boundary?
Demarcation
500
What is the Spanish word for peaceful?
Pacifico
500
Who sailed and discovered Florida and claimed it for Spain?
Ponce de Leon
500
Who discovered Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and established claims for England?
John Cabot
500
What is a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships?