Ponce de Leon discovered the state that is known today as______.
What is Florida
100
This tool is used to tell which direction you are headed (North, South, East, West)
What is a compass?
100
Someone who goes on a journey to a new land to search and discover new things.
What is an explorer
100
Ponce de Leon died after he was hit in the thigh with an _______.
What is arrow?
200
One of the reasons Europeans explored is...
What is riches, fame, land, adventure, spices, trade routes, etc.
200
Coronado's men discovered a huge chasm in the earth that is today known as the ________ ___________.
What is Grand Canyon?
200
True or False? All maps were completely accurate during the Age of Exploration.
What is FALSE
200
Something that you can look at to tell where you are is called a _________.
(example: a mountain, a building, a sign, etc)
What is a landmark?
200
The Americas were named after this explorer.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
300
John Cabot and Henry Hudson were trying to find a way through the Americas to get to Asia. The path they were looking for was called the_______.
What is the Northwest Passage
300
This person REALLY discovered America.
Who is Leif Ericsson (a Viking)
300
Explorers could look up into the sky and use the ________ to help them navigate.
What are stars?
300
This term refers to a crew rebelling against their captain and usually abandoning him somewhere.
What is mutiny
300
One of the bodies of water named after Henry Hudson is______.
What is Hudson Bay, Hudson River, or Hudson Strait
400
Hernando de Soto is famous for being the first European to cross the ____________River
What is Mississippi
400
True or False? When Columbus reported to the King and Queen of Spain, he exaggerated his story of how much gold he had found.
What is TRUE?
400
This method used a rope with knots in it, as well as an hourglass, to determine how fast a ship was going.
What is Dead Reckoning
400
This is a former soldier (usually from Spain) who took control of something by force.
What is a conquistador?
400
When Hernando de Soto died, his crew buried him in the river with stones so he wouldn't float. This was because de Soto had told the natives that he was __________.
What is immortal?
500
Francisco de Coronado went on an expedition in search of the Seven Cities of________.
What is Cibola?
500
Henry Hudson discovered an important river that is now named after him. At the mouth of this river, a large city was built which is today known as ______ ______ _______
What is New York City
500
This navigational tool used the stars to help explorers know where they were.
What is an astrolabe
500
To "barter" means to ________
What is trade?
500
Ponce de Leon was searching for a specific item that was supposed to make someone stay young forever. What was this called?