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Names and Nationalities of Explorers
Countries that Sponsored Voyages
Dates and Explorations
Geographic Regions Visited
Geographic Features Named or Learned
100
Italian
What is the nationality of Christopher Columus?
100
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
What are the names of the king and queen that sponsored Columbus?
100
Line of Demarcation
What is the name of the imaginary line that the Pope drew to placate Spain and Portugal?
100
Cape of Good Hope
What is the name of the South African cape that Vasco Da Gama sailed around?
100
North America
What is the name that historians think "Vinland" really is?
200
Portugal
What is the country that Prince Henry is from?
200
Spain
What is the name of the country that sponsored Columbus?
200
1493, 1498, 1502
What are three more dates that Columbus sailed in?
200
Brazil
What is the name for the country that Pedro Alvarez Cabral claimed for his country?
200
The Gold Coast
What is the name of the West African area that was abundant in gold?
300
Portugal
Where is Vasco De Gama from?
300
Ferdinand Magellan
What is the name of the later explorer that Spain hired?
300
1492
What is the date that Columbus sailed from Palos, Spain?
300
Iceland and/or Greenland
What are the names of two of the countries that the Vikings visited?
300
Haiti and the Dominican Republic
What is the present day name for the Caribbean Islands of Hispaniola?
400
The Vikings
What is the name of the Northern Europeans that reached North America before Chris Columbus?
400
Amerigo Vespucci
What is the name of the explorer that the Europeans sponsored?
400
800s-900s
What are the dates that the Vikings sailed to America between?
400
Canary Islands
What is the name of the islands that Columbus stopped at to repair and stock up on supplies?
400
West Indies
What is the name that the Caribbean Islands are better known as today?
500
Ferdinand Magellan
What is the name of the Portuguese explorer that has a straight named for him?
500
Pedro Cabral
What is the name of one explorer from Portugal?
500
Vasco Da Gama
What is the name of the explorer that sailed from Portugal in 1497?
500
Caribbean Islands of Hispaniola, Cuba, and Jaimaica.
What are the names of some more places that Columbus visited?
500
Straight of Magellan
What is the name of the Straight that is named for Ferdinand Magellan?