Famous Explorers
What is Christopher Columbus famous for?
"Discovering" America. (will also accept all the crimes against humanity)
Trade
The exchange of goods and services over distance.
Neil Armstrong
Moon
Device that points north.
Compass
Why might early humans have needed to leave Africa (at least one likely reason)
habitat change, aggressive neighbors, curiosity, etc.
Who first rounded the cape of good hope.
Bartolomeu Dias
Human expansion
Humans spreading all over earth
Marco Polo
China
What advantages did Polynesian boats have?
Stable double hull, kept fresh food, Triangle sails, etc.
Who is just the WORST! (a very bad man responsible for many crimes against humanity in the Americas)
Columbus
First People to fly
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright.
Hajj
Pilgrimage to Mecca
Vasco Da Gama
India
Why was the caravel a good ship for exploration?
Can work in deep and shallow water, handles easily.
Describe an average Ibn Battuta visit.
Gets sick, married/divorced, complains.
First European (whose name we know) to land in north America.
Leif Erikson
Circumnavigate
To sail or travel all the way around something, especially the world.
The Polynesians
All over the pacific (Easter island, Hawaii, etc.,)
Name of the furthest object humans have sent into space.
Voyager 1
Who was (probably) the first person to circumnavigate the world?
Enrique (Ferdinand Magellan's slave)
First explorer to reach the south pole.
Roald Amundsen
North West Passage
Sea route through the Canadian arctic between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Ibn Battuta (at least 5)
ALOT!
How did Polynesians find land.
clouds, birds, fish, currant, floating stuff, star compass, etc.
When the Sputnik 2 satellite was flying over the US proving that the soviets could fire nukes at the US. What was the #1 concern expressed by Americans?
Is the dog (Laika) ok?