Explorers
Vocabulary
Sailing
Grab Bag
You Better Know
100

Left from Spain, was mean to the Natives

Columbus

100

Triangular sail

Lanteen Sail

100

A job on ship where you are looking out for...

Danger

100

One of the 3 G's=spices & riches

Gold

100

Another name for a long trip

Voyage/Journey

200

Has a bridge named after him

Verranzano

200

Small, fast, shallow ship

Caravel

200

Who on the ship climbed to the top of the sails?

Young boys

200

One of the 3 G's=spreading religion

God

200
Fancy name for Native People

Indigenous

300

Conquered the Inca

Pizzaro

300

Helps find direction using magnetic pointer

Magnetized Compass

300

The place where the sailors had to sleep

On deck/hammock

300

One of the 3 G's=fame and being history books

Glory

300

Word for a big ship

Vessel

400

Went out on 4 failed attempts

Hudson

400

Navigational tool to measure latitude

Astrolabe

400

Lack of Vitamin C causes this disease

Scurvy

400

Place where Explorers left from

Europe

400

Unknown continent was know as ....

New World

500

Explorer that has a holiday named after him.

Columbus

500

The activity of planning your direction & route

Navigation

500

Job on the ship where you may need a mop

Cleaning/Maintenance

500

Many explorers were looking for a shortcut to...

Asia

500

The word for the people who the explorers money to build ships and hire sailors

Sponsor