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Vikings
Sea Route to Asia
Columbus Reaches America
A Voyage Around the World
Spain's American Empire
100
Who were the best shipbuilders in Europe?
Vikings
100
Where did spices come from?
Asia
100
From the map came the name?
America
100
What is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land?
Isthmus
100
What Empire did Francisco Pizarro conquer?
Incan
200
Vikings were the first people to sail to?
Iceland
200
Who brought back spices from China?
Maro Polo
200
What is a journey made for a special purpose?
Expedition
200
What did Ferdinand Magellan's voyage prove?
The earth is round
200
Juan Ponce de Leon explored much of what is now called?
Florida
300
What were the stories called that the Vikings told of their great deeds?
Sagas
300
What is the science of determining a ship's direction and location?
Navigation
300
What is Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in hopes of reaching?
Japan and China
300
What is a journey made for a special purpose?
Expedition
300
Many Spanish conquistadors came to North America to?
Hunt for gold and treasure
400
Why did the Vikings leave their homes and such other lands to settle in?
Their land was to rocky to farm
400
Who found a way around he southern tip of Africa?
Bartholomeu Dias
400
What was the name that Christopher Columbus gave to the people he found near Asia?
Indians
400
When Magellan left Spain how many ships and men did he take?
5 Ships 250 men
400
Which explorer came to North America to find the Seven Cities of Gold?
Hernando de Soto
500
Who were the people who frightened the Viking who settled in Vinland?
Indians
500
What spice became especially popular?
Pepper
500
What did the Arwaks introduce the explorers to
Corn and Tobacco
500
Where was Magellan trying to arrive at?
Asia
500
In 1540, Franccisco Coronado led an army into what is now known as the?
Southwestern United States