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The year Columbus sailed and found America
What is 1492
100
Queen Isabella sponsored this explorer's voyage believing he could claim land for Spain and find riches.
Who is Columbus?
100
France sponsored this explorer who discovered the St. Lawrence River
Who is Jacques Cartier?
100
The first Europeans to actually land on North America.
Who were the Vikings?
100
Wrote a book detailing his travels to Asia that inspired explorers for hundreds of years.
Who is Marco Polo?
200
The main reason for his voyage
What is to find Asia?
200
Spain sponsored this explorer who crossed the Isthmus of Panama
Who is Balboa?
200
This explorer was sponsored by both England and the Netherlands at different times and made discoveries for both counrties.
Who is Henry Hudson?
200
The route to Asia that explorers were looking for in Canada and New York.
What is the Northwest Passage?
200
His expedition was the first to make it completely around the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
300
He actually landed on this island
What is San Salvador?
300
Spain sponsored this explorer for an expedition that led him to Florida.
Who is Ponce de Leon?
300
Both the French and the English sent explorers westward across the Atlantic ocean for this reason.
What is to find the Northwest Passage?
300
True or False: Columbus died believing he had actually found Asia.
What is True?
300
South America and North America are named for him
Who is Americo Vespucci?
400
His three ships
What is the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?
400
Balboa found this large body of water on one of his expeditions.
What is the Pacific Ocean
400
Was sponsored by England to find a faster route to Asia but instead found Canada.
Who was John Cabot?
400
Name two problems early explorers faced during their expeditions.
What is no maps, no techological tools, rough seas, and angry natives?
400
What Ponce de Leon hoped to find on the island of Bimini.
What is The Fountain of Youth?
500
He taught Columbus all about navigation from his school in Portugal.
Who is Prince Henry?
500
These were Spanish explorers who searched for gold and riches in America.
Who are the conquistadors?
500
Was left for dead in the middle of a freezing bady of water because his crew decided to mutiny.
Who was Henry Hudson?
500
Said that Columbus and Cabot were wrong in their belief that they found Asia.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
500
The four countires that sent the most explorers to the new world
What is Portugal, Spain, England, and France?