Reasons for Exploration
Which precious minerals were they searching for?
What is silver and gold.
True or false: Spices were really cheap or inexpensive.
What is false.
What is one of the oldest altitude measuring devices?
What is an astrolabe.
Which explorer explored from 1496-1497?
Who was John Cabot.
Who explored from 1519-1521?
Who was Ferdinand Magellan.
What does it mean to find pride for their country?
What is to be a hero and find land.
Where were most of the spices found?
What is the Spice Islands in Malaku.
Which instrument was used in the 1400's?
What is the quadrant.
Who explored with Pizarro?
Who was Hernando de Soto.
Who explored for both Spain and Portugal?
Who was Amerigo Vespucci.
What is notoriety?
What is fame or to be famous!
True or False: The spice islands were easy to find.
What is false.
What uses the shadow of the sun to find the altitude?
What is a backstaff.
Which explorer got stuck in ice?
Who was Henry Hudson?
Who was named "Admiral of the Sea?"
Who was Christopher Columbus.
What 4 resources did they want to find?
What is spices, food, silk, and wood. (people)
Finish this quote, "Spices were worth their weight in _______."
What is gold.
Which tool recorded the direction and speed of the ship?
What is the traverse board.
Who started the fur trading posts and explored for France?
Who is Samuel de Champlain.
Which explorer's real name was Giovanni?
Who was John Cabot.
What three words help us remember why the explorers were curious?
What is God, Gold, and Glory.
Why did countries want the spices?
What is to get more money and to add flavor to soups, stews and meat.
What is dead reckoning?
Dead Reckoning is when a stick was tied to a rope with knots. When it was thrown in the water it measured speed.
Which explorer was attacked by pirates and his ship sank?
Who was Christopher Columbus.
Who was the governor of Mexico in 1538?
Who was Francisco Vasquez de Coronado.