This is what the Europeans called the Western Hemisphere including North and South America.
What is the New World?
100
This is the year of Columbus' famous first voyage.
What is 1492?
100
This explorer was looking for the fabled "Fountain of Youth".
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
100
Juan Ponce de Leon could not find this because it did not exist.
What is the Fountain of Youth?
100
This explorer is known for being the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
200
The name of the Spanish explorers.
What is conquistador?
200
Columbus was looking for a trade route to this continent.
What is Asia?
200
This explorer from France was looking for the Northwest Passage.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
200
This explorers crew rebelled against him and put him out to sea in a boat with no food. We don't know what happened to him.
Who is Henry Hudson?
200
Jacques Cartier named this famous River which today forms part of the border between the US and Canada.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
300
This is a water route explorers were looking for to get to Asia across North America. It doesn't exist!
What is the Northwest Passage?
300
One reason for the Columbian exchange was to spread this.
What is Christianity?
300
Many explorers were looking to become rich and hoped to find this precious metal in their explorations.
What is gold?
300
This explorers life ended when he was beheaded for treason.
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
300
He had a bay and a river named after him even though he never found the Northwest Passage he was looking for.
Who is Henry Hudson?
400
These are sicknesses that can spread easily and quickly.
What are contagious diseases?
400
Most of the effects of the Columbian Exchange were (positive or negative) for the Europeans.
What is positive?
400
Many explorers wanted to claim this for their kings and queens.
What is land?
400
This is the reason many explorers looking for the Northwest Passage could not find it.
What is that is doesn't exist?
400
Juan Ponce de Leon did not find the fabled Fountain of Youth but he is known for being the first to "discover" this state.
What is Florida?
500
1. This is the time period in history when new lands were being "discovered" by Europeans.
2. These are places ruled by another country and not their own people.
1. What is the "Age of Exploration"?
2. What are colonies?
500
Most of the effect of the Columbian Exchange were negative for this group of people.
Who are the Native Americans?
500
These 3 explorers from Spain all wanted riches and glory.
Who are Christopher Columbus, Juan Ponce de Leon, and Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
500
One of Columbus' obstacles was finding someone to pay for his voyage. This is called a _____________.
What is a sponsor?
500
Christopher Columbus has a holiday named in his honor because he is known to have discovered the Americas. However when he died he still believed he had found this continent.