Columbus
Country that gave Columbus ships and supplies to take his first voyage.
What is Spain?
Direction Portugal sailed to reach the orient
What is east?
Name means east
What is Orient?
When Vasco da Gama made his voyage to India.
What is 1497-1498?
Spanish explorers who came to the Americas in the 15th-19th centuries
What is a conquistador?
Year Columbus first landed in the New World
What is 1492?
Name given to the tip of Africa by King John ll of Portugal.
What is the Cape of Good Hope?
Where the goods were located that the Europeans desired.
What is Asia, east or Orient?
When Marco Polo left on his 24 year trip.
What is 1271?
Caused the Europeans to find a water route to Asia
What is the Silk Road became dangerous or the Fall of Constantinople?
Where Columbus first landed in the New World
What is an island in the Bahamas?
First explorer sent out by Portugal to reach India and open a trade route to Asia.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
Name of the overland trade route between Asia and Europe
What is The Silk Road?
Treaty of Tordesillas was agreed upon this year
What is 1494?
Ship created to make long voyages to the orient
What is a caravel?
Where Columbus thought he had landed on his first voyage.
What is the Indies or the East Indies?
Country in Latin America settled by Portugal
What is Brazil?
Also called the Spice Islands
What are the Moluccas Islands?
When Eratosthenes developed the idea that the world was round
What is 240 BC?
Opened up a trade route to Asia for Portugal
Who is Vasco da Gama?
Purpose of Columbus sailing west.
What is to find a trade route to the east, orient, or Asia?
Continent and ocean Portugal was the first to explore
What is Africa and the Indian Ocean?
Five goods desired from the east.
What is cotton, silk, spices, gems, pearls, porcelain, rugs, perfume, incense, and tapestry?
When Magellan's voyage around the world took place.
What is 1519-1522?
First known European to reach the New Word
Who is Leif Ericson?