Portuguese prince who promoted exploration by setting up a school of navigation.
Who is Henry the Navigator?
100
Born in Italy, Chris sailed for what country?
What is Portugal.
100
A Spaniard heard stories of the "Great Waters" beyond the mountains of Panama in Central America. He was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas. 1513
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa.
100
Spanish Explorer
What is conquistador
200
The Western Pacific and the Eastern Pacific Ocean ran together were called...
What is "Ocean Sea"
200
Africa's west coast came to be know as...
What is the Gold Coast
200
Who sailed in ad800-900's in Scandinavia to Iceland and Greenland
What is a viking
200
a point of land that sticks out into water, much like a peninsula.
What is a cape
200
resistance such as to disease
What is immunity
300
On October 12, 1492 who left his ship and went ashore land?
Who is Christopher Columbus?
300
Who launched new efforts to create a Portugurese trading empire in Asia?
Who is King John II of Portugal
300
Who did Columbus said to Americas for?
Who is Queen Elizabeth
300
a fort
What is presidio
400
To travel completely around something usually by water
What is circumnavigate?
400
Which explorer discovered the Cape of Good Hope, the most southern part of Africa.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias
400
Name Columbus's three ships
What are the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
400
Columbus discovered the Canary Islands, but who actually discovered that there was a huge continent. (They were named after him)1499-1500
Who is Amerigo Vespucci
400
a religious community where farming was carried out and Native Americans were converted to Christianity
What is a mission
500
a point of land that sticks out into water, much like a peninsula
What is a cape?
500
May of 1498 Portugal's long held dream of a sea rout to Asia was discovered by whom
Who is Vasco de Gama
500
Columbus thought he landed in the East Indies, but actually landed on what islands?
What are the Caribbean Islands or "West Indies"
500
To travel completely around something usually by water