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100
He was killed by natives while trying to sail around the world.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan
100
The route discovered by Bartolomeo Dias
What is sailing around Africa to India
100
God, Gold & Glory
What is the main list of reasons that explorers wanted to explore?
100
The Caravel
What is a ship that was smaller and faster, and had triangular sails?
100
Sultan Memhet II
Who conquered Constantinople?
200
He was an English explorer looking for the Northwest Passage (and sailed near the arctic circle to try and find it)
Who was John Cabot
200
The route discovered by Christopher Columbus
What is a route to the New World (but was supposed to be a faster route to Asia)?
200
Merchant
What is someone who traveled from place to place to trade items for a profit?
200
Astrolabe
What is a tool explorers used to measure the height of the sun above the horizon?
200
Canon bombardment
What did Memhet II use to defeat Constantinople?
300
He has a river and a bay named after him in what is now New York
Who was Henry Hudson
300
The route discovered by Ferdinand Magellan
What is the first route to go all the way around the world?
300
Monarchs started paying for this...
What is paying explorers to sail to new lands in search of gold and other riches?
300
Cartography
What is the name for map-making skills?
300
Apples, carrots and oxen
What were three things the Old World brought to the New World?
400
He navigated the Mississippi River all the way to the Gulf of Mexico
Who was Robert LaSalle
400
The route discovered by Robert LaSalle
What is sailing the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico
400
Portugal
What is the first country to start looking for a water route to Asia?
400
The iron broad axe
What was the vikings' preferred weapon?
400
Llamas, pineapple and cocoa beans
What were three things brought from the New World back to the Old World?
500
He defeated the Aztecs with only 500 men
Who was Hernan Cortez
500
The route known as the Northwest Passage
What is the route that no one could find because it didn't exist?
500
The West Indies
What did Columbus actually discover?
500
The Lateen sail
What was a new type of sail that improved how ships could move?
500
Diseases
What is the most negative thing the Old World brought to the New World?