Explorers
Countries
Settlements
Natives
Unrelated
100

In 1492, this man sailed the ocean blue.

Who is Christopher Columbus?

100

This country established a vast empire in Central and South America.

What is Spain?

100

This island (or set of islands) is where the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria first landed.

What are the Bahamas?

100

True or False: The Natives tended to react poorly to European explorers.

What is False?

100
This is Ms. Daley's favorite color.

What is pink?

200

While he often gets the credit, this man did NOT make it all the way around the world; he died in modern day Indonesia.

Who is Ferdinand Magellan?

200

This country eventually claimed Quebec as part of its territory, thanks to explorer Jacques Cartier.

What is France?

200

This colony supposedly disappeared after being abandoned by England during the Anglo-Spanish War. 

What is Roanoke? 

200

This was the name of the Native tribe Columbus and his men interacted with, according to our EdPuzzle.

What was the Taino tribe?

200

This is one of the most enforced rules in Ms. Daley's classroom.

What is "no throwing"?

Also accepted: "keep your limbs to yourself."

300

This man sent people out to explore and establish settlements in the name of his maybe girlfriend, the Queen of England.

Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?

300

This country laid claim to Brazil, and not much else in South America.

What is Portugal?

300

This Canadian island has the most unoriginal name due to John Cabot's lack of imagination.

What is Newfoundland?

300

These were what Natives around the Great Lakes called their living establishments.

What were longhouses?

300

This singer/songwriter is best known for songs such as "Let's Dance," "Space Oddity," and "Under Pressure."

Who is David Bowie?

400
While he did not "find" Florida, this man DID conquer it for Spain. 

Who is Francisco Vasquez de Coronado? 

400

This "nation" is really five or six tribes that created a representative government near the Great Lakes.

What is the Iroquois Nation?

400

This island was "found" by Christopher Columbus, and was where he left behind 39 of his crew members after the Santa Maria was used to build the settlement's structures.

What is Hispaniola?

400

This was the biggest cause of death among Natives after interacting with Europeans.

What is disease?

400

This musical is about a bunch of street urchins who start a union in the late 1800s. The lead was robbed of a Tony Award in 2009. 

What is Newsies?

500

This adventure is known for conquering the Aztecs and being the antagonist in the 2000 feature film "The Road to El Dorado."

Who is Hernan Cortez? 

500

These two countries were perpetually at war with one another, which drove their drive to initially explore the "New World."

What are France and Spain?

500

This settlement resorted to cannibalism during the harsh winter of 1609-1610.

What is Jamestown?

500

This is why the Natives that interacted with Columbus killed the 39 men left behind in 1493.

What is rape and theft?

500

This was Ms. Daley's back-up career if she didn't go into teaching. HINT: not law-related.

What is a mortician?