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Explorers would set sail and claim land using a cross. Why did they use a cross instead of a flag?
What is spreading Christianity?
100
This tool is used to show which direction the ship is going.
What is a compass.
100
This explorer traveled around the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan.
100
Juan Ponce De Leon explored around the world from 1519 to...?
What is 1522.
100
Marco Polo was a messenger for Kublai Khan who was the Mongol of what country?
What is China.
200
Explorers would search for _____ but natives just thought it was yellow rock.
What is gold.
200
This tool showed the information they needed to know to cross the ocean. Sometimes we still use these today.
What is a map.
200
This explorer traveled by camel from Venice to China.
Who is Marco Polo.
200
Marco Polo explored Asia for 24 years. What were these years?
What is 1271-1295.
200
Ponce De Leon thought that this was an island but today we know that it is a peninsula.
What is Florida.
300
Most explorers were in search of something that would help preserve their meats as well as make their foods less bland.
What is Spices.
300
This tool helped explorers measure their latitude and travel correctly by day and night.
What is an astrolabe.
300
This explorer went with Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the New World and later searched for the Fountain of Youth.
Who is Juan Ponce De Leon.
300
Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in...?
What is 1492.
300
Jacques Cartier claimed this land for France.
What is New France. (Quebec & Montreal)
400
Most explorers would ________ _________by using a flag of the country that sponsored them.
What is claim land.
400
This was the earliest ship explorers used to travel.
What is caravel.
400
He was a mapmaker in Lisbon, Portugal before he was an explorer.
Who is Christopher Columbus.
400
What year did Ferdinand Magellan start to sail around the world?
What is 1493.
400
Christopher Columbus often gets credit for finding and claiming America when in reality he claimed what land for Spain?
What is The Caribbean Islands. (Hispaniola)