Explorers
The explorer that convinced Ferdinand and Isabella to fund his journey across the Atlantic
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The year Columbus first set sail for the Americas.
What is 1492?
The reason Columbus approached Ferdinand and Isabella for funding.
What is he believed their support would bring him glory, titles, and expand Spain’s power?
The navigational tool used by explorers to find their position at sea.
What is an astrolabe?
The monarchs who supported Columbus’s voyage.
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?
The navigator known for helping Portugal gain early success in exploration.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
The approximate length of Columbus’s first voyage.
What is about two months?
Columbus’s main motivation for sailing west.
What is to find a new trade route to gain gold and spices for Spain?
The type of map that showed medieval views of the world.
What is a Mappa Mundi?
How Ferdinand and Isabella contributed to unifying Spain.
What is by marrying and joining the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon?
The reason Columbus wanted to find a route to Asia.
What is to find gold, spices, and new trade routes for Spain?
The treasures Columbus brought back to Spain after his first voyage.
What are gold, spices, parrots, and Indigenous captives?
The impact of Columbus’s voyages on Europe.
What is opening new trade routes and leading to more exploration and colonization?
The reason tools like the astrolabe were important for explorers.
What is they helped sailors navigate and explore unknown routes?
The event in 1492 that allowed the monarchs to focus on exploration.
What is the fall of Granada?
The title given to Columbus by Ferdinand and Isabella after his successful voyage.
What is Admiral of the Ocean Sea?
One major outcome of Columbus’s voyages that changed global trade and exploration.
What is establishing new trade routes and colonization?
The possible outcome if Columbus hadn’t returned to Spain.
What is Spain might not have continued investing in exploration?
Columbus’s reason for using maps and sailors’ stories.
What is to plan his route to the west and estimate distances?
The reason Columbus’s proposal aligned with the monarchs’ goals.
What is they wanted to expand Spain’s influence and find new trade routes?
The main factor that drove explorers during the Age of Exploration.
What is curiosity?
The major consequence of Columbus’s voyages for the Indigenous people.
What is disease and suffering due to European contact?
The role curiosity played in Columbus’s and other explorers’ journeys.
What is it drove them to discover unknown lands and expand knowledge?
A theory that influenced medieval medicine and understanding of the body.
What is the Four Humours?
The benefits Ferdinand and Isabella gained from Columbus’s voyage.
What is wealth, prestige, and opportunities for further exploration?