Explorers Vocabulary
Monarch
Who is a king or queen?
When is 1492?
The Viking settlement of Vinland was located in present day: Iceland, United States, Canada, or Greenland?
Where is Greenland?
How did the capture of Constantinople encourage exploration?
A) It opened up the trade routes.
B) They realized they didn't need maps.
C) Since this cut off trade routes, they now wanted to find a western route to Asia.
D) They didn't care to explore the unknown.
What is C) Since this cut off trade routes, they now wanted to find a western route to Asia?
After his travels, how did Vespucci encourage more exploration?
A) He funded ships to explore the unknown.
B) He became King of Portugal.
C) He recruited and trained other navigators.
D) He wasn't able to encourage others because he died on his voyage.
What is C) He recruited and trained other navigators?
Saga
What is a story?
When did Erikson explore?
When is 1000?
Who was the first European to land in the Americans: Leif Erikson, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, or Marco Polo?
Who is Leif Erikson?
Who landed in Americas in 1492 but thought he was in the Indies: Leif Erikson, Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, or Marco Polo?
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Why did John Cabot want to explore? To find Northwest passage, to find America, to find gold, or to find oceans?
What is to find the Northwest passage?
Cartographer
Who is a person who makes maps?
When did Cabot and Vespucci explore?
When is 1497?
Why did it take Europeans 274 years to finally want to travel to the unknown lands: They didn't have maps, they thought there were sea monsters, their ships were slow, or al of the above?
What is all of the above?
While sailing to the unknown, why were Columbus's sailors ready for mutiny?
A) They saw native peoples.
B) They were competing with other sailors to get to Asia first.
C) They were fighting over gold.
D) They didn't think Columbus had a good plan.
What is D) They didn't think Columbus had a good plan?
What did John Cabot find: Fur, sea monsters, cod-fishing grounds, or Asia?
What is cod-fishing grounds?
Renaissance
What is an age of thought, learning, art, and science?
Also correct: Age of Exploration
Europeans were eager to trade with Asia because they wanted _______.
A) Silk, spices, and gold.
B) Clocks, mirrors, and beads.
C) Wood, sea shells, and silver.
D) Vegetables, spices, and fruit.
What is A) silk, spices, and gold?
Where did Columbus first land: Bahamas, South Carolina, Greenland, or Spain?
Where is Bahamas?
What are 3 examples of advances in technology during that time?
Example - What is better ships, maps, and compasses?
Political and Economical
What is relating to the government? (Political)
What is managing goods and services for financial reasons? (Economical)
Trade between Europe and Asia stopped when the Turks Captured which town? Roanoke, Rome, Damascus, or Constantinople?
Where is Constantinople?
Who found present-day Rio de Janeiro: Leif Erikson, Amerigo Vespucci, Marco Polo, or Christopher Columbus?
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
EXTRA CREDIT: Why was Cabot compared to Columbus?
They both reached America and thought they were in Asia.