Christopher Columbus
In ____ Columbus made the first of 4 trips to the Caribbean
1492
What was Vespucci's major accomplishment?
Discovering that the New World was not a part of Asia, but a different continent.
Which viking discovered Greenland?
Eric the Red
Which viking discovered Vinland?
Leif Ericsson
This Portuguese royal led the way for European sea exploration.
Prince Henry
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Who were the monarchs that funded Columbus's journey?
King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile
Amerigo Vespucci died of this disease-
A) the Black Death
B) Malaria
C) Scurvy
B) Malaria
What type of treasure stock did the vikings target the most?
Monasteries and churches
Their triangular sails.
What does A.M. and P.M. actually stand for?
Ante Meridiem (before midday) and Post Meridiem (after midday).
Christopher Columbus discovered America on _____________
October 12, 1492
Where was Vespucci born?
Florence, Italy.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!
What was a viking ship called?
Knorr
Vikings once captured an Archbishop of Canterbury in the hopes of getting a high ransom. What happened?
The festivities got out of hand and the Archbishop was killed by being pelted with animal bones
Vasco da Gama lived from-
A) 1460-1524
B) 1524-1560
C) 1456-1540
1460-1524
Columbus's crew was terrified when passing through the ________ ___ because they believed they would get stuck in the green and yellow seaweed
the Sargasso Sea
When did Vespucci die?
A) 1508
B) 1510
C) 1512
C) 1512
What does the word "Viking" mean in old Norse
Pirate or Raider.
What is the name of the natives who caused the viking settlers much trouble?
Skraelings.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!
What is the Catalan Atlas?
A map that had most of the known drawn on it.
To set his directions and bearings at sea, Columbus used a crude technique that shares its names with a Tom Cruise spy movie.
Dead Reckoning.
Who was the one who named the new world "America?"
German Cartographer Martin Waldheimüller
What did Leif's sister, Freydis, do to have her bloodline cursed?
She orchestrated the killing of an Icelandic colonizing party, personally killing the women herself.
Because he refused to impale children, as was custom in viking culture.
What was "the Great Withdrawal"
The isolationist policies China adopted during the fifteenth century, where any citizen involved with foreign countries could face death. This "Dooms them to be the discovered."