Vocabulary
Museums are filled with ____ used by explorers in the 1400s
Artifacts
Name the CONTINENT that sent out most of the explorers
Europe
What country did Columbus, Soto, and de Leon sail for?
Spain
Cause: Many countries heard about the new world and wanted land there.
Effect: Europe sent out more ships and explorers to claim land for their own.
Which Explorer started the Age of Exploration?
Columbus
____ can be used to determine north or which direction you are moving in.
Compass
Name a country that sent out explorers
Spain, France, England, Portugal, Netherlands
What country did Hudson and Cabot sail for?
England
Cause: Native Americans were hunting beavers constantly to give Europeans the fur they wanted.
Effect: Many areas had less and less beavers
Which fictional boxer shares a name with the explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa? Yo Adrian!
Rocky Balboa
Name a reason for exploration.
Riches, quicker water route, or spices
Who made a settlement in present day Florida?
de Leon
Cause: Asia had special spices that could only be grown in that part of the world.
Effect: Europe sent out explorers looking for quicker routes to Asia.
Which explorer was supposedly looking for the fountain of youth?
Ponce de Leon
The name of a disease caught by explorers where their body lacked nutrients
What did Europeans trade guns and weapons to natives for?
Furs (Beaver Fur)
Which explorer was kicked off his ship by his own men and left to die?
Henry Hudson
Cause: Traveling around Africa to get to Asia could be long and dangerous.
Effect: Europe was looking for a quicker water route to Asia
Which explorer has a New York bridge named after them?
Verrazano
Tool used by explorers to find land by measuring the position of the stars in the sky.
Astrolabe
West Indies
Which French explorer settled in land that is now Canada?
Cartier
Cause: Columbus wanted to prove that sailing west would eventually bring him to India.
Effect: Columbus asked Spain for money and ships.
When is Columbus Day? (Hint its not always the same day)
It is always the Second Monday of October every year