The first Europeans known to have visited the Americas.
What is Vikings?
100
Told stories about adventures to the Indies and seeing amazing things.
Who is Marco Polo
100
One of the first to believe that sailing west was a quicker, more direct route to Asia.
Who is Columbus?
100
The first to challenge Columbus's claims. He used astronomy and thought about distance in drawing his conclusion that Columbus never reached Asia, but another continent.
Who is Vespucci?
100
lines that run east to west on a map or globe are called...
What are latitude lines?
200
The leader of the first Europeans to visit the Americas.
Who is Leif Eriksson?
200
Finally found a sea route to Asia, showing the way for future explorations.
Who is Vasco Da Gama
200
In this year Christopher Columbus set forth with 89 sailors and three ships to find a western water route to Asia.
What is 1492?
200
Climbed up a mountain peak and saw another ocean on the other side. He sailed to it and sailed the coast. This discovery supported Vespucci's claim that new lands had been found.
Who is Balboa?
200
Lines that run north to south on a map or globe are called...
What are longitude lines?
300
The first European settlement in the Americas.
What is Vinland?
300
set up the first European school for training sailors in navigation.
Who is Prince Henry?
300
The name of one of the ships Columbus sailed.
What is the Pinta or what is the Santa Maria, or what is Nina?
300
The body of water Balboa reached.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
300
The line measured 0* that divides our globe into northern and southern hemispheres is called...
What is the equator?
400
Stories of the viking adventures are kept in these.
What is the Greenlanders' Saga?
400
While the city of Constantinople was captured, Europe made advances in science and technology. This became the age of learning, thought, and art.
What is Renaissance?
400
The promise Columbus made the King and Queen of Spain to get them to allow him to go on his voyage.
What is wealth and land?
400
The first European explorer that sailed west around the Americas to get to Asia.
Who is Magellan?
400
The imaginary line measured 0* that divides the globe into eastern and western hemispheres is called.
What is the prime meridian?
500
made the first globe ever made in Europe.
Who is Martin Behaim?
500
Trade with Asia suddenly stopped because these people from a huge land called the Ottoman Empire captured the city of Constantinople and took control of the Middle East.
Who are the Turks?
500
The land Columbus found and thought was Asia.
What is the Americas?
500
The ship of Magellan's that sailed around the world.