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Vocabulary
Explorers
Explorers#2
1st Globe
Misc.
100
Another word for meeting.
What is an encounter??
100
A Viking leader of the first Europeans to visit the Americas.
Who is Leif Eriksson??
100
Portuguese explorer who was the first to sail around the southern tip of Africa. He had to turm back because of bad weather and sickness.
Who is Bartholomeu Dias??
100
Continent where the first globe was made.
What is Europe??
100
Opened the first school for navigation.
Who is Prince Henry??
200
A person who makes maps.
What is a cartographer??
200
A Portuguese explorer who proved it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe. One of his ships made it all the way around the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan??
200
Italian explorer who figured out that Columbus had not reached Asia.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
200
The three continents that the first globe did not include.
What are Americas, Australia, or Antartica??
200
City captured by the Turks, closing off trade routes between Asia and Europe.
What is Constantinople??
300
The planning and directing of a ship's course.
What is navigation??
300
Portuguese explorer who successfully found a sea route to Asia by sailing all the way around the tip of Africa.
Who is Vasco de Gama??
300
Spanish explorer who reached the Pacific Ocean by crossing the isthmus of Panama.
Who is Balboa??
300
The first globe showed this continent too small.
What is Africa??
300
Local name for the island where Columbus first landed.
What is Guanahani??
400
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas.
What is an isthmus??
400
First European to make a globe.
Who is Martin Behaim??
400
Portuguese leader who started a school for navigators.
Who is Prince Henry??
400
The first globe showed this continent in the wrong shape.
What is Africa??
400
First European people known to have visited Americas.
Who are the Vikings??
500
This is a decision or an idea reached by thoughful study.
What is a conclusion??
500
Italian whose descriptions of the riches in China made traders want to go to Asia. Loved to tell stories.
Who is Marco Polo??
500
Italian explorer who landed in present-day Newfounland, but told people that he has found Cathay.
Who is Giovanni Caboto??
500
The first globe showed this much smaller than it really is.
What is Earth??
500
King at the time of Columbus's voyage.
Who is King Ferdinand??