What is the northern region of Europe called? This is where the Vikings were from.
What is Scandinavia
100
What nationality was Columbus?
What is Italian.
100
What Spaniard was the first to cross the Isthmus of Panama and find the Pacific Ocean?
What is Balboa.
100
This "Sea Dog" attacked Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth.
What is Drake
100
He discovered the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain for France
What is Champlain
200
What island did Leif Ericsson sail from?
What is Iceland
200
What were the names of the King and Queen who paid for his voyages?
What is Ferdinand and Isabella
200
What Portugese was first to sail around the tip of Africa and head toward Asia?
What is Dias.
200
He sailed into the Arctic Ocean and into a bay that he would name for himself.
What is Hudson
200
These two Frenchmen landed on the shores of Wisconsin and explored the Fox River and the interior of Wisconsin. One was an explorer, the other a priest
What is Joliet and Marquette
300
What did they call the new land they found in the west?
What is Vinland (Vinlandia)
300
What did he name the island he first landed on?
What is San Salvador
300
Who was the first to have his crew circumnavigate the planet?
What is Magellan.
300
What was the name of the Passage that the English were looking for...and a short cut to China
What is the Northwest Passage
300
This American state was named for the King of France
What is Louisiana
400
What is the name of the Canadian Territory that landed in?
What is Newfoundland
400
What were the names of the three ships that he sailed on?
What is Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
400
What explorer and map maker had the new continents eventually named for him?
What is Vespucci.
400
What English ruler defeated the Spanish Armada in 1587, and ended Spain's rule as a superpower?
What is Queen Elizabeth
400
This Frenchman found the Mississippi River and explored everything between Louisiana and Wisconsin
What is LaSalle
500
What is the name of the village where ruins of a Viking village were found, dating from 1000 A.D.
What is L'anse aux Meadows
500
What island did he name "Little Spain" and built Fort Navidad on?
What is Hispaniola
500
What Spaniard conquered and destroyed the Incas in Peru?
What is Pizzaro
500
He discovered Newfoundland for the King of England, even though he was Italian by birth. He could go no further because of ice.
What is Cabot
500
He claimed present day Qúebec for the French...that is why French is the language of Qúebec today.