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WHO
WHAT
WHEN
WHERE
WHY
100
He named Greenland because he wanted more people to move there.
Who was Eric the Red?
100
Columbus called the natives this because he thought he had reached the east.
What is an Indian?
100
This is the approximate year that the Vikings expored.
When is 1000?
100
This was the name given to the area of Canada that was "discovered" by Lief Ericson.
What is Vinland?
100
These people were used as workers in South America when the natives were too weak or sick.
What are black slaves?
200
He wrote a book describing his trip to the east that gave many new explorers information for further exploration.
Who is Marco Polo?
200
This is the area claimed by Spain after the conquest of Cortes.
What is Mexico?
200
The appoximate year that Marco Polo traveled to the Khan in the east.
What is 1250?
200
De Soto explored in this area of North America.
Where is the southeastern U.S.?
200
WILD
What is "THE SILK ROAD?"
300
He sailed for Portugal and only made it to the tip of Africa.
Who is Dias?
300
This is the name of the book that Marco Polo wrote while in prison that described his travels to the east.
What is THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO.
300
This is the date when Christopher Columbus "sailed the ocean blue."
What is October 12, 1492?
300
This is where Lief Ericson explored and is credited as being the person who discovered America.
Where is Canada?
300
These are three reasons that the Spanish conquistadors had no problem fighting the natives in the New World.
What is armor, horses, weapons?
400
He sailed for Portugal, made it around the tip of Africa and on to the Indies.
Who is da Gama?
400
Four superstitions that explorers had that made them afraid to sail.
What is boiling water, monsters, flat earth, thick fog, and darkness?
400
Coronado explored in this area of the North America.
Where is southwestern U.S,?
400
This is the country that claimed the most land in the new world.
Where is Spain?
400
These are 4 kinds of goods that explorers wanted when travelling to the East.
What are silk, gold, jewels, spices?
500
He is given credit for finding the first water route around the world.
Who is Magellan?
500
This is the area conquered for Spain by Pizarro and his men.
What is Peru?
500
There are at least 4 things that Europeans gained from exploring the New World.
What are turkeys, corn, tomatoes, cocoa, potatoes, and beans?
500
This is the name of the country and monarchs that would back Columbus on his quest to find the Indies by sailing west.
What is Spain, and King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
500
The reason that explorers explored North America.
What is the search for gold?