Explorers
Weather Vocab
20th Century Composers
Potpourri: Ups and Downs
Medieval Potpourri
100

First European to reach the Americas in 1492

Christopher Columbus

100

The boundary where two air masses meet

front

100

4'33"

John Cage

100

Sending data from a local device to a server or website

Upload

100

Peasants laborers tied to the land

Serfs

200

Explored the Arctic and has a Canadian bay named after him

 Henry Hudson

200

Device that measures wind speed

Anemometer

200

Wozzeck

Alban Berg

200

Negative person who brings down group morale

Downer

200

English victory in 1415 during the hundred Years' War

Battle of Agincourt

300

First European to reach India by sea in 1498.

Vasco da Gama

300

Line connecting points of equal pressure on weather map

Isobar

300

Peter Grimes

Benjamin Britten

300

Slight increase in numerical data, often in business metrics

Uptick

300

Scandinavian raiders who terrorized Europe from the 8th century

Vikings

400

Explored the St Lawrence River ad founded Quebec

Samuel de Champlain

400

Frozen precipitation in the form of soft pellets created by rimed snowflakes

Graupel

400

Carmina Burana

Carl Orff

400

Force that raises landmasses or counteracts gravity in aviation

Uplift

400

Series of religious wars to reclaim holy land

Crusades

500

Explored present-day Canada and claimed it for France

Jacques Cartier

500

A seasonal wind pattern bringing heavy rains to South Asia

Monsoon

500

West Side Story

Leonard Bernstein

500

Play in American football that begins with the snap

Down

500

Code of conduct for medieval knights

Chivalry