Name that Explorer
Viking who landed in present-day Canada in the year 1000.
Leif Erikson
Portuguese prince who established a school of navigation and paid for expeditions.
Henry the Navigator
First Englishman to set up a colony in North America
Sir Walter Raleigh
Go all the way around the globe.
Circumnavigate
Portuguese navigator whose expedition circumnavigated the globe.
Ferdinand Magellan
German priest who started the Protestant Reformation.
Martin Luther
Water route through North America that would allow ships to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Northwest Passage
Spanish soldiers who led military expeditions in the Americas.
Conquistadors
Conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire.
Hernan Cortes
Sailor from Genoa, Italy that was the first to claim lands in the Americas for Spain.
Christopher Columbus
Reformers who protested some of the Catholic Church’s practices.
Protestants
Portuguese ships that used triangular sails to sail against the wind.
Caravels
Wrote a book about his travels to Asia.
Marco Polo
Conquistador who captured the Incan capital and killed its leaders
Francisco Pizarro
Queen Elizabeth II's ships were called
Sea Dogs
A European disease that killed 80-95% of the Native American population
Small Pox
Priest who wanted to convert Native Americans to Christianity by treating them in a better manner.
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and on to Southwestern India?
Vasco de Gama
Claimed land for the Dutch and was abandoned in Canada by his crew.
Henry Hudson
A device used to determine location based on the position of the stars.
Astrolabe