This nation sponsored Columbus's first expedition.
What is Spain?
100
This explorer's crew mutinied (rebelled) and sent him out to sea, never to be seen again.
Who is Henry Hudson?
100
This explorer claimed present day Florida for Spain.
Who is Ponce de Leon?
100
This is scientific knowledge and tools.
What is technology?
100
First to sail around the world
Who is Magellan?
200
This European group reached North America before Columbus.
Who are the Vikings?
200
This was two problems that faced the early explorers.
What are they needed a lot of money. They lacked technology and maps, and the unknown seas were dangerous.
200
This explorer was the first to reach the Pacific Ocean.
Who is Balboa?
200
This is why Columbus sailed west from Europe.
What is to find a more direct route to Asia?
200
First to see the Pacific
Who is Balboa?
300
This is the empire that was conquered by Cortes.
What is the Aztec Empire?
300
These were some costs of exploring the new world.
What are The ships and crews cost money. The ships could sink, the men could get injured or die, and they might not find anything.
300
This explorer explored the southwest United States and claimed much of it for Spain.
Who is Coronado?
300
He wanted to be the first to sail all the way around the world.
Who is Magellan?
300
First Europeans to arrive in North America
Who are the Vikings?
400
This is the empire that was conquered by Pizarro.
What is the Incan Empire?
400
These are some benefits of financing an expedition.
What are they could find gold and other goods to trade, they can claim new lands to settle, they could gain power, they could spread their religion.
400
This explorer claimed what is now New York for Holland.
Who is Henry Hudson?
400
This is why the king and queen waited until after Reconquista to finance Columbus's journey.
What is they were fighting a war to make Spain Catholic. After Reconquista, Columbus promised to spread the Catholic Faith to Asia?
400
First to touch what became the United States (Florida)
Who is Ponce de Leon?
500
A group of explorers including Verrazano, Cartier, and Hudson were all searching for this.
What is the Northwest Passage?
500
These are two things that happened later to prove that Christopher Columbus did not really land in Asia.
What are Vespucci did not believe Columbus's descriptions matched Marco Polo's. He thought it was an unknown continent. Later Balboa reached the pacific proving that Vespucci was correct.
500
This explorer claimed the southern half of the United States for Spain.
Who is De Soto?
500
This is why so many people wanted to find the Northwest Passage.
What is they thought it would be a short cut to Asia and they wanted to set up new trade routes?