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Explorers
Sponsors
Accomplishments
Miscellaneous
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A period of time when Europe began exploring the world
What is the Age of Exploration?
100
Sailed from Spain to find a new way to the Indies
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
Sponsored Christopher Columbus even though he was from Italy
What is Spain?
100
Landed in San Salvador
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
The continent the explorers traveled from
What is Euorpe?
200
A tool used for finding directions.
What is a compass?
200
Sailed from England to colonize Virginia
Who is Christopher Newport?
200
Sponsored their own countryman, Jacques Cartier
What is France?
200
Explored the James River Valley
Who is Christopher Newport?
200
One reason men explored
What is to find a quicker route to Asia?
300
The route from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean through Northwestern America.
What is the Northwest Passage?
300
Wanted to find riches and claim land for Spain
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
300
Wanted Juan Ponce de Leon to claim land in Florida
What is Spain
300
Landed in Quebec, Canada
Who is Jacques Cartier?
300
A country that paid for the explorers voyage?
What is a sponsor?
400
A community established in a place that had been uninhabited (not lived in)
What is a settlement?
400
Wanted to find gold and spices and a new route to Asia
Who is Jacques Cartier?
400
Paid for Christopher Newport to make four trips to Virginia
What is England?
400
Discovered the "Fountain of Youth"
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
400
A map of intersecting lines used to locate places
What is a grid map?
500
To exchange goods for other goods without using money
What is to barter?
500
Both wanted to find quicker routes to Asia
Who are Christopher Columbus and Jacques Cartier?
500
Sponsored two explorers
What is Spain?
500
Learned to live off the land, barter with the Native Americans, and settle in a New World
Who are Christopher Columbus, Jacques Cartier, Juan Ponce de Leon, and Christopher Newport?
500
Name the four types of technology used by explorers
What are an astrolabe, a quadrant, a cross staff, and a compass?