Exploration
Explorers 1
Explorers 2
Explorers 3
Places
100
Name one of the four reasons why Europeans wanted to explore
What is answers vary
100
This is where most explorers were trying to find a faster route to
What is Asia
100
This is what happened to most of Jacques Cartier's men
What is they froze to death in Canada
100
These are the names of Christopher Columbus' three ships
What is Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
100
This is where Christopher Columbus was from
What is Italy
200
Name the four European countries who were the leaders of exploration
What is France, England, Spain, and Portugal
200
This explorer sailed around Africa to reach Asia
What is Vasco Da Gama
200
This is where Christopher Columbus reached first and thought he was in India
What is El Salvador
200
This is where Ferdinand Magellan died
What is the Phillipines
200
This is where Vasco Da Gama was from
What is Portugal
300
This is the century during which people began exploring
What is the 1500's (16th century)
300
This explorer was the first to reach the New World (America)
What is Christopher Columbus
300
This is what Juan Ponce De Leon was hoping to find
What is the fountain of youth, gold
300
This is where Ponce de Leon became the governor of
What is Puerto Rico
300
This is where Christopher Columbus was when he thought he was in China
What is Cuba
400
Europeans wanted to spread this religion to people in far off lands
What is Christianity
400
This is a disease caused by lack of vitamin C
What is scurvy
400
This is the name of the king who paid for Jacques Cartier
What is Frances I
400
Hispaniola is today these two countries
What is Haiti and the Dominican Republic
400
This the number of Magellan's men who made it around the world
What is 18
500
This is why Kings and Queens hired explorers to explore for them
What is it was dangerous, they couldn't leave their country
500
This is the name of the King who financed Juan Ponce De Leon
What is Charles I
500
This is the name of the King who financed John Cabot
What is James I
500
This is the number of men who travelled with Christopher Columbus
What is 120
500
Name all six explorers and the routes taken by each one
What is answers vary