Known For
Daily Double: Which explorer was the first European to step foot in North America?
Leif Erickson
Explorers looked to find new _______ to help make trade faster and more efficient.
Trade Routes
What word means to leave?
Depart
Which explorer was shot in the leg with a bow and arrow by Native Americans, resulting in his death?
Juan Ponce de Leon
Bartolomeu Dias was the first to sail around the southern tip of what continent?
Africa
Daily Doube: The first country to start the Age of Exploration was ______.
Portugal
This word means to travel around the globe.
Circumnavigate
What killed Ferdinand Magellan?
Poison Arrow
This explorer conquered the Aztecs in Mexico.
Hernan Cortes
What time frame was the Age of Exploration?
1400's-1600's
A journey taken for a specific purpose is a(n) _________.
Expedition
Daily Double: What was the name of Lewis and Clark's interpreter?
Sacagawea
Lewis and Clark were tasked with exploring the land west of the ____________.
Mississippi River
Gold, silver, and spices are all types of what?
Resources
A person who helps someone to communicate is a(n) _________.
Interpreter
Leif Erickson was alive about how many years before the Age of Exploration started?
400
What explorer went out searching for the "Seven Golden Cities" but accidentally discovered the Grand Canyon?
Francisco Vasques de Coronado
The purpose of countries sending out explorers was to gain more _____ throughout the world.
Power(Influence)
Daily Double:__________ is the Spanish word for conqueror.
Conquistador
This explorer thought that Native Americans were best suited to be slaves.
Christopher Columbus