How many voyages did Columbus make between 1492 and 1506?
What is four?
100
Name the Portuguese prince who built a school to train sea captains in sailing and navigation skills.
Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?
100
What city did Champlain found in 1608 (3rd oldest city in North America)
What is Quebec?
100
In what year did John Cabot make his first trip to North America?
What is 1497?
100
Why did Francisco Coronado set out from Mexico City with a large number of fellow explorers?
What is looking for the Seven Cities of Cibola (gold)?
200
What were some capital resources Columbus used?
What are navigational equipment, ships and sails and weapons?
200
In what year did da Gama finally achieve his goal?
What is 1498?
200
What did Champlain and others learn could be traded for after no gold was found in New France?
What are beaver and other furs?
200
Why is John Cabot famous?
What is giving England a claim to a part of North America? It gave the English the ability to colonize what became much of the east coast of the United States.
200
Why was Coronado put on trial after his return to Mexico City?
What is being accused of cruelty to Native-Americans?
300
By making his voyages, Columbus began to open up what kind of economy?
What is a global economy?
300
Why is Vasco da Gama famous?
What is being the first European captain to command a ship that arrived in India by sailing around the southern tip of Africa?
300
Name the lake, located between New York and Vermont that he explored on one of his expeditions, and was named for him.
What is Lake Champlain (duuuuh)?
300
What did LaSalle accomplish for France?
What is giving France claim to the central part of what is now Canada and the United States?
300
What areas did Coronado claim for Spain?
What is much of the American Southwest?
400
Give some examples of natural resources Columbus used on his voyages.
What are wood, iron, fish, pork, cloth, wool, iron (and many others)
400
Why are the African empires of Mali, Songhai and Ghana famous?
What are empires that traded with Portuguese traders for technology and some food in exchange for gold, food and slaves?
400
Champlain negotiated important trade treaties with what groups of people?
What are Native-Americans?
400
Along what river did LaSalle travel on his most famous journey?
What is the Mississippi River?
400
Was Coronado's expedition considered a success or a failure at the time he returned?
What is being considered a failure?
500
The exchange of food, technology, ideas and disease between explorers and Native-Americans is called-
What is the Colombian Exchange
500
Name the Indian city where Vasco da Gama first traded. They got off to a bad start when he gave them cheap goods as tribute.
What is Calicut?
500
What was the northern route, searched for by many explorers but, until recently, not found? It would have provided a shortcut to Asia.
What is the Northwest Passage?
500
LaSalle started a trading center that became a leading southern city. It became an important business center for France, Spain and later, the U.S. Name the city.
What is New Orleans?
500
Name one major natural feature of the United States that Coronado's men were the first Europeans to see.