Explorers
Columbus sailed the ocean blue in ...
1492
Compass
South America had a lot of -
a. gold b. silver
c. both d. neither
c. both A and B; gold and silver
Gold
What new invention let people find their way using stars?
Astrolabe
Which of the following crops came from the New World?
Chocolate, potatoes, wheat, apples
Chocolate
Christopher Columbus was trying to find ___, but landed in the West Indies instead.
India
Which country invented the compass?
China
England used New World ___ to construct more buildings.
Lumber/Wood
The first person to circumnavigate the earth was ___.
Ferdinand Magellan
The movable rudder made it easier to ___ a ship.
Steer
The name of the main trade route during this time was the ___ Trade Route.
Triangular
The first person to discover the Cape of Good Hope, or the southernmost point of Africa, was ___.
Bartolomeu Dias
People that made maps were known as ___ographers.
Cart-ographers
___ was a financial crisis caused by the influx of new precious medals (gold, silver).
Inflation