Navigational Tools
This tool was used by explorers to find direction?
What is a compass?
This was Columbus' goal for his expedition.
What is find the western water route to Asia?
This boat became a great option for a long expedition across an ocean.
What is a caravel?
In 1519 Hernan Cortez had sailed to this North American country.
What is Mexico?
Columbus went from Spain to this region.
This tool explorers used to see where something was located.
What is a map?
This is where Columbus ended up?
What is the Caribbean?
This is the reason that the caravel was the best boat for long expeditions.
What are the triangular sails?
This was the first to explore Florida.
Who is Juan Ponce De Leon?
Dias traveled from Europe to this continent.
What is Africa?
This tool explorers used that helped them to determine how far they were from the equator.
What is astrolabe.
This is when Columbus set sail on his important journey.
When is 1492?
Ferdinand Magellan went south along the coast of South America, this was the ocean he discovered.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
In 1521 Cortez conquered this empire.
What is the Aztec Empire?
Vasco de Gama followed this explorers route and extended it to reach India.
Who is Dias?
This is the process of planning a trip from one place to another.
What is navigation?
This is what Spanish Explorers called themselves.
What are Conquistadors?
This is when Columbus founded La Isabela.
When is 1494?
In this year, Ferdinand Megellan sailed to the Philippines.
What is 1519?
Leif Ericcson was likely one of the first Europeans to land in North America, he landed in this present day country.
What is Canada?
The main goal of Prince Henry's navigation school.
What is to find and control trade routes?
This was Columbus' name for the area that he found?
What are the West Indies?
This is when Prince Henry opened his navigation school.
When is 1419?
what is 1535?
Columbus sailed across this ocean hoping to reach India.
What is the Atlantic Ocean.