Spanish Explorers
English Explorers
French Explorers
Portuguese Explorers
Geography
100
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain
Who sponsored Columbus's expedition?
100
John Cabot
Who was the English explorer who claimed the lands that later became the thirteen original colonies?
100
The Saint Lawrence River
What water way was named after a Catholic Saint by Jacques Cartier?
100
Prince Henry or Henry the Navigator
Who established a school of Navigation in Portugal?
100
north, south, east and west
What are the names of the cardinal directions?
200
The Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria
What are the names of Columbus's three ships?
200
Henry Hudson
Who is the explorer who sailed for both England and Holland?
200
Eastern Canada
What lands were claimed for Spain by Jacques Cartier?
200
Diaz, DaGama, and Columbus
Name three students of Prince Henry's School of Navigation
200
northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast
What are the names of the intermediate directions?
300
Vasco de Balboa
What is the name of the first Spanish explorer to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas?
300
Giovanni Cabuto
What is John Cabot's Italian name?
300
the fur trade
Why did the French want to establish trading posts in the "new world"?
300
Dias
What is the name of the explorer who tried unsuccessfully to reach India?
300
strait
What is the name of the narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water?
400
Francisco Magellan
Whose crew was the first to successfully circumnavigate the globe?
400
Canada and present day New York
What are the lands claimed by Henry Hudson?
400
Mississippi River
What is the important waterway discovered by Robert de Lasalle?
400
Vasco DaGama
What is the name of the explorer who followed Dias's route and successfully reached India?
400
isthmus
What is the name of the landform that connects two larger bodies of land?
500
Hernan Cortes
Who was the Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs and destroyed their city?
500
The Half Moon
What is the name of Henry Hudson's boat?
500
Northwest Passage
What imaginary waterway were the French explorers looking for?
500
The Cape of Good Hope
What is the name of the landform reached at the tip of Africa by Dias?
500
the Prime Meridian
What is 0 degrees longitude?