The "navigator" who started a school for sailors and planned more than 50 voyages.
Who was Prince Henry of Portugal?
100
The leader of the first expedition to sail around the world who died before reaching home.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
100
The 3 big motivations for European exploration.
What were Gold, Glory & God?
100
Other European countries become interested in sailing to Asia by sailing west.
What is one way Columbus influenced other countries?
100
The inventor who created the printing press.
Who was Johannes Gutenberg?
200
The two explorers who sailed around the tip of Africa to reach India.
Who were Dias and Da Gama?
200
The king and queen who agreed to fund Columbus' expedition.
Who were King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
200
Name 2 items that were brought to North America by European explorers.
What are disease, guns, horses, cattle, settlers, and plants?
200
New things brought back to Europe by Spanish and Portugese explorers.
What are corn, potatoes, parrots, gold, slaves, diseases?
200
Name two tools that explorers used out at sea.
What are astrolabes and compasses?
300
The boundary line created by the Pope showing which lands could be claimed by Portugal and Spain.
What was the "line of demarcation"?
300
Name two native civilizations that were destroyed by Spanish explorers.
Who were the Aztecs in Mexico and Incas in Peru?
300
Diseases caused by rotten meat, rats, pests and stale water on board the sailing ships.
What are scurvy, dysentery & typhus?
300
The effects of Magellan's voyage on European exploration.
What are better maps, charts and increased exploration?
300
More land for kings and queens, gold, and new trade routes.
What are some "positive" effects of European exploration?
400
The Italian explorer who sailed for Portugal and whose name is used for the two continents in the west.
Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
400
Name 3 Spaniards who explored the main continent of North America.
Who were Narvaez, Ponce de Leon, and De Soto?
400
Cause: Poor knowledge of the size of the world's oceans.
What is the reason Columbus hit the Americas and never reached Asia?
400
Effects of Turks closing the Silk Road.
What is the new exploration of the oceans to get to Asia?
400
Name the roles on a ship that a critical to staying on course.
What are the helmsman and navigator?
500
Because the king has superior maps, navigation and had already found a short route to India.
What are the reasons that Portugal said no to Columbus?
500
Name 3 reasons why Cortes was successful in conquering the Aztec Empire.
What are: help from Indians, thought he was a god, more guns/larger army, and diseases?
500
Correct sequence of events:
1st mutiny of crew
Traveling up and down the coast of North America repeatedly.
Circling the bay for more than 3 months.
Getting stuck in ice during the winter.
What are the reasons Hudson's crew committed mutiny and left him to die?
500
Charting of northern coast of North America and establishing trade with Native Americans.
What are the effects of the search for the Northwest Passage?
500
A reason that being a doctor on a ship would be a huge challenge in the 14th and 15th centuries.