This was the first group of Europeans to reach North America.
What were the Vikings?
100
This nation supported Columbus on his expedition and also sent "conquistadors" to explore the New World.
What is Spain?
100
This was a main reason that Columbus sailed west from Europe.
What was finding a better route to Asia?
100
THIS, meaning scientific knowledge or tools, was something that European explorers needed (and sometimes did not have) in order to go on long voyages.
What was "technology" ("better maps" also accepted)?
100
This Spanish conquistador took control of the Inca Empire in Peru.
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
200
Who wrote about the Silk Road and adventure in the West Indies, which inspired many future explorers?
Who was Marco Polo?
200
This was the empire that Hernando Cortes conquered in Mexico.
What was the Aztec Empire?
200
Ponce de Leon tried to find "Bimini," an island he thought may have THIS.
What is The Fountain of Youth?
200
This was needed by explorers before going on an expedition.
What was money, financial support, funding, etc?
200
Verrazano, Cartier, and THIS EXPLORER searched for the Northwest Passage in North America.
Who was Hudson?
300
What did Christopher Columbus believe he had found in 1492?
What was Asia?
300
This explorer claimed for Spain what is now the state of Florida.
Who was Juan Ponce de Leon?
300
Coronado was a Spanish explorer that explored much of what is now the southwestern United States in search of THESE.
What are the seven cities of gold?
300
This was something that explorers/sponsors needed money for on an expedition (multiple answers).
What was ship, crew, or supplies (food, tools, etc.)?
300
During Hudson's last voyage, his crew did THIS and set him adrift at sea.
What was "mutinied"?
400
What were two facts that proved that Columbus' belief (that he'd found Asia) was incorrect?
What are
1- Amerigo Vespucci found that the lands did NOT match Marco Polo's descriptions of Asia.
2- Balboa's crew reached the Pacific Ocean, which meant that Amerigo Vespucci was right about an unknown continent.
400
This explorer was the first Spanish explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean.
Who was Balboa?
400
This was a time of reforms (changes) that influenced many religious leaders and caused the Catholic Church to spread its power to the Americas.
What is the Reformation (or Counter-Reformation)?
400
These were things that explorers/sponsors could gain from expeditions. (Name all 3.)
What were material goods (gold, furs, goods to trade, slaves), new land, power, and converts to Christianity?
400
If a map shows the height of land from sea level, it's called THIS kind of map.
What is an elevation map?
500
This was why Columbus had to wait until after the Reconquista to start his voyage.
What was Columbus needed support to pay for the costs of his voyage and King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella were too busy fighting and paying for a war to support Columbus?
500
These explorers claimed major areas of land for what is now the United States.
Who were de Coronado and de Soto?
500
This was a shortcut that many explorers wanted find to Asia in order to gain wealth and power.
What is the Northwest Passage?
500
These were things that could happen if an expedition did NOT go well. (Name 2.)
What was: ships could sink or get lost, crews could mutiny, crews could run out of food or water before finding land, storms, fights with Native American tribes, or not finding anything and turning back.