Geography
A continent is
a large mass of land
who financed his journey
Ferdinand and Isabella
what is history
the story of what has happened in the life of a country or people
Italian sailor who discovered America in 1492
Columbus
Vasco de Balboa
study of the earth's surface
geography
name of his three ships
Nina
Pinta
Santa Maria
what is a geographer
a person who studies the earth
Italian merchant who visited China and described its riches to Europe
Marco Polo
first European to explore land that is is now the United States; explored and named Florida
most traveled ocean
Atlantic Ocean
where did Columbus land
San Salvador
name given to America
New World
Viking who was the first European to visit America
Leif Ericson
What did the Vikings call America
Vinland
four oceans
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Indian Ocean
What did Columbus call the people of America
name given to Europe after America was discovered
Old World
explorer who claimed North America for England in 1497
John Cabot
What was the name of the Pacific
The Great South Sea
Seven continents
North America
South America
Europe
Asia
Australia
Africa
Antarctica
What was Columbus searching for when he found America
a short sea route to Asia
sea-going Scandinavian people
Vikings
Portuguese explorer who was the first to sail around the tip of Africa
Vasco da Gama
who discovered the Fountain of Youth
Pince de Leon