A Rocky Start
After failure in other countries, Columbus convinced these Spanish rulers to finance his trip across the Atlantic to the Indies.
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
European explorers set sail to find sea routes to this location.
What are the Indies?
This ocean lies between Europe and the Americas.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Hernan Cortes conquered what major civilization in Mexico?
What is the Aztecs?
Henry the Navigator was prince of this European country.
What is Portugal?
This explorer was born in Italy, trained in Portugal, and sailed for Spain.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Magellan's crew named this ocean when they passed into it from the strait in South America.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
De Soto was the first European to discover this major river in America.
What is the Mississippi River?
What significant fact did Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan have in common as captains?
They were leading a crew from a different nation than their own.
This explorer's first trip was not to the Americas, but to Africa.
Who is Henry the Navigator?
The name of this ocean means "peaceful" and was given in hopes of a peaceful voyage.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This explorer was the first European to see the Grand Canyon.
Who is Francisco de Coronado?
These two European powers were in fierce competition for gold and glory in exploring the new world.
Who are Portugal and Spain?
These three reasons for European exploration all start with the same letter of the alphabet.
What are God, gold, and glory?
This explorer commanded the first expedition to sail around the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Christopher Columbus first landed on this group of islands.
What are the Bahamas?
This captain was murdered in the Philippines before he could gain the glory of his voyage's success.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This city was the most important trade city on Europe's land-route to Asia.
What is Constantinople?
This one word means "to travel all the way around" something, particularly around the world.
What is circumnavigate?
What Bible verse can Christians use to explain God's sovereignty as it relates to exploration and settling of newly discovered lands?
Acts 17:26-27 says God determines the allotted periods and boundaries of mankind's dwelling places.