Famous Explorers
An Italian-born explorer who sailed west for Spain.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Juan Ponce de Leon explored and searched here for the Fountain of Youth.
What is Florida?
Also known as Henry the Navigator, this man was prince of what country in the 15th century.
What is Portugal?
This group of people of the far north were mistakenly called Eskimo, meaning "eater of raw flesh" in Algonquian languages. The name they use to describe themselves actually means "the people."
What is Inuit?
A German goldsmith printed a beautiful book, The Bible, in 1456 with this invention.
What is Gutenberg's Printing Press?
He led the first global circumnavigation in 1519-1522.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Europeans of the 15th century wanted to be the first to navigate here in search of gold and spices.
What is the Indies (East Asia)?
This power couple ruled over a dynastically unified Spain and were known as the Catholic Monarchs.
Who are King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella?
This group of farmers dwell in what is now the Southwest United States, where four states; New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah meet called Mesa Verde. They build their homes on the steep side of the mountains, and farm on the flat tops too.
Who are the Anasazi?
The English navy used smaller, faster ships to defeat this greatest naval power in the world in 1588.
What is the Spanish Armada?
He landed in New Foundland and gave England claim to North America.
Who is John Cabot?
Hernando Cortes conquered Moctezuma in this Aztec capital city.
What is Tenochtitlan?
This leader of England, known as the Virgin Queen, had an entire era named after her.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I? (The Elizabethan Era)
The people of this region are considerably wealthy, they travel to sea in giant canoes, they carve animals and human figures on tall fir poles, and they have much leisure time for dancing, singing, playacting, and throwing big parties called "potlatches."
Who are the Indians of the Pacific Northwest Coast?
This church was founded by an English king who wanted to divorce his Catholic wife.
What is the Anglican Church?
He established a Viking settlement called Vineland (ca. 1000 AD).
Who is Leif Eriksson?
Fray Marcos de Niza helped lead an expedition to find these seven unbelievably wealthy cities.
What is Cibola?
The Italian-born Amerigo Vespucci was sent to the "New World" by the leaders of these two countries.
What is Spain and Portugal?
This group of people depends on the buffalo for their way of life as they are nomadic hunters using traps along with bows and arrows to hunt their prey. They once used every part of the animal but once Europeans arrive with horses and guns, their way of life changes drastically.
Who are the Plains Indians?
St. Augustine (founded in 1565), Quebec (founded in 1608), and Santa Fe (founded in 1610) would later become parts of the US and Canada.
What are the first three permanent colonies?
This Spanish explorer was once a stowaway on a ship headed for Darien (now called Panama) to search for gold. He eventually established the first permanent European settlement in the Americas.
Who is Vasco Nuñez de Balboa?
The actions of Conquistador Francisco Pizarro are a big reason why we know so little about the Incan Empire found in this South American country.
What is Peru?
This French king hired the Italian, Giovanni da Verrazano, to find a river passage through the American continent to Asia. This was referred to as the "Northwest Passage."
Who is King Francis I?
Archaeologists have uncovered copper, pearls, shells, teeth from sharks and grizzly bears, old pots, bones, mica, soapstone and obsidian while digging on a farm in Ohio. As a result, we understand this people group to be great traders as these goods came from very distant places.
Who are the Mound Builders?
This Native American weapon was far superior in both speed and accuracy when compared to the European guns that early settlers brought to the Americas.
What is the bow and arrow?