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Explorers
Christopher Columbus
Advances in Exploration
Variety
100
America is named after this explorer
Who is Amerigo Vespucci
100
Christopher Columbus first landed on which islands
What are the Canary Islands
100
Ships that used triangular sails to help them sail against the wind.
What are caravels
100
What disease did the Spanish pass on to the Aztecs that killed half of their population?
What is small pox
200
The famous explorer who inspired Cortes
Who is Christopher Columbus
200
Christopher Columbus inspired who to begin exploring
Who is Cortes
200
This man never explored, but began a school of navigation.
Who is Henry the Navigator
200
What was the motto of Cortes?
What is conquer or die
300
This conquistador conquered the Incas.
Who is Pizarro
300
Christopher Columbus used this method to communicate with the native people on the Canary Islands
What is sign language
300
A device that helped ships navigators find thier direction using the stars.
What is an astrolabe
300
One reason why people wanted to explore in the new world.
Variety of answers
400
This explorer walked across South America to discover the Pacific Ocean.
Who is Balboa
400
What year did Columbus discover America
What is 1492
400
Magellan's fleet was the first to travel all the way around the earth. What is this called.
What is circumnavigate
400
Leif Eriksson left Canada because of what reason?
What is because of Native American attacks.
500
The Cape of Good Hope was discovered by this explorer
Who is Dias
500
This is the transfer of goods that began with Columbus's exploration
What is the Columbian Exchange
500
This treaty created an invisible line in the Atlantic Ocean and Spain claimed everything west of the line.
What is the Line of Demarcation
500
Why didn't Montezuma stop Cortes
What is he thought he was a god.