True or False
Exploring
Discoveries and Tools
Columbus
Vásquez
100
Christopher Columbus founded America on accident?
5.2.1
True
100
How many trips did Christopher Columbus take?
5.2.1
Four
100
What is a compass?
5.2.1
A tool which points out directions, such as North, South, East and West
100
What were Columbus' aims?
5.2.2
Find a trade route to Asia/China
100
What was Vasquez's aim?
5.2.2
To find gold
200
Christopher Columbus was looking for a new way to go to Japan?
5.2.1
False
200
Where did Christopher Columbus land on his first voyage?
5.3.3
The Caribbean
200
What is a Sextant?
5.2.1
A device that measures the angle between two objects
200
What were Columbus' obstacles?
5.2.2
His fleet was battered by storms, and his ships were in poor condition.
200
What were Vasquez's obstacles?
5.2.2
Neglect and he was mean to the Indians
300
Did Christopher Columbus ever make it to China?
5.2.1
No
300
Why did Francisco Vásquez travel to the United States?
5.2.1
Came looking for gold.
300
An instrument that is used to make astrological predictions is called what?
5.2.1
Astrolabe
300
What were Columbus' achievements?
5.2.2
Discovering America
300
What were Vasquez's accomplishments?
5.2.2
Found buffalo herds, pueblos, and the Grand Canyon
400
Francisco Vásquez was one of the first explorer to see the Grand Canyon?
5.2.1
True
400
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400
Not a watch, but an instrument for measuring time is called what?
5.2.1
Chronometer
400
What were Columbus' sponsors?
5.2.2
King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella
400
Who were Vasquez's sponsors?
5.2.2
Spanish Monarch
500
Christopher Columbus was very nice and passionate to the a Native Americans?
5.2.1
False
500
5.2.3
500
Francisco Vásquez was the first reach which five states?
5.2.1
Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
500
When did Columbus die?
1506
500
When did Francisco Vásquez die?
1554