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Vocabulary
Vikings
Portuguese Explorers
Christopher Columbus
Other Important Things!
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a journey made for a special reason
What is an expedition?
100
the leader of the Vikings (not a part of a plant)
Who is Leif Erickson?
100
he was too "royal" to explore himself, but sent others to find a water route to Asia
Who is Prince Henry?
100
his trio of transporters
What are the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria
100
An apple (or carrot) a day keeps this sickness away!
What is scurvy?
200
the study or act of planning and controlling the course of a ship
What is navigation?
200
the land that the Vikings sailed from (surprisingly, covered in ice)
What is Greenland?
200
he was the first to sail around the tip of Africa, but didn't make it all the way to Asia
Who is Bartholomew Dias?
200
he thought he landed here, thus calling the people "Indians"
What is India?
200
His journals about jewels and riches made Europeans want to explore Asia....eventually
Who is Marco Polo?
300
a person who makes maps
What is a cartographer?
300
a Viking nickname for what is now called Canada
What is Vinland?
300
he was successful in finding a water route from Portugual to Asia
Who is Vasco da Gama?
300
this gentleman proved Columbus wrong....he didn't land in India!!! (and the poor guy never knew...)
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
300
he invented "Earth Apple"
Who is Martian Behaim?
400
an instrument used to find direction; it has a needle that always points north
What is a compass?
400
the reason that the Vikings traveled to Vinland
What is to hunt and fish?
400
Dias and da Gama went out searching the unknown. This is called....
What is exploration?
400
they funded his voyage
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
400
Magellan was credited for this....even though he died before finishing
What is sailing around the world?
500
a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas
What is an isthmus?
500
the Vikings stopped sailing to Vinland for this reason
What is attacks from unknown people?
500
the tip of Africa
What is the Cape of Good Hope?
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the number of times he sailed to "India" (remember, he never knew it was the "New World")
What is four times?
500
he discovered the Pacific Ocean
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa?