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Geography
100
The story of what has happened in the life of a country or people

What is history?

100

Italian sailor who discovered America in 1492

Who is Christopher Columbus?

100

Island in the West Indies where Columbus first landed

What is San Salvador?

100

Cabot claims North America for England

When in 1497?

100

The study of the surface of the earth

What is the geography?

200

A promise to do something.

What is a pledge?

200

Explorer who was the first to call America a New World?

Who was Amerigo Vespucci?

200
First successful French settlement in the New World

What is Quebec?

200

Balboa discovers the Pacific Ocean

When was 1513?
200

The largest bodies of water.

What are oceans?

300

Name given to America

What was the New World?

300

Italian merchant who visited China and described its riches to Europe

Who was Marco Polo?

300

Vikings' name for America

What was Vinland?

300

Columbus, seeking a route to Asia, discovers America

When was 1492

300

A large mass of land.

What is a continent?

400

This word means devotion or loyalty.

What is allegiance?


400

French explorer who hoped to find a waterway through North America to the Pacific Ocean

Who was Jacques Cartier?

400

Fabled cities which Coronado searched for, but never found

What are Seven Cities of Cibola?

400

St. Augustine is first permanent European settlement in New World.

When was 1565?

400

Helps you tell directions.

What is a compass rose?

500

This word means liberty.

What is freedom?

500

first European to explore the land that is now the United States; explored and named Florida

Who was Ponce de Le?on?

500

first permanent European settlement in the United States; the first lasting Spanish settlement in the New World

What is St. Augustine?

500

Ponce de Leon explores Florida.

When was 1513?

500

The seven continents

What is North America, South America, Australia, Antarctica, Europe, Africa, and Asia?