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Vikings
Marco Polo
Columbus
Vocab.
Misc.
100
True or False. The Vikings sailed from Italy
What is false
100
True or false: Marco Polo wrote all his experiences in a book that we still use today
What is true
100
True or False: Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy
What is true
100
What does Vinland mean?
What is grapes or land of grapes/ vines
100
Who were the first Europeans to "discover" America?
Who are the Vikings
200
Where did Eric the Red begin a settlement?
What is Greenland
200
True or false: Marco Polo traveled through Africa to get silk.
What is false
200
Who inspired Columbus?
Who is Marco Polo
200
What are stories told by Vikings passed down from one generation to another?
What are sagas
200
What continents make up the "New World"
What is North and South America
300
Leif Ericson left Greenland to find
What is wood
300
What was the name of the route Marco Polo traveled on?
What is the Silk Road
300
Name the three ships Columbus traveled on
What is Pinta, Nina, Santa Maria
300
Where did Columbus think he was traveling to?
What is the Indies
300
When did the Vikings settle in the New World
What is 1000 AD
400
Why did Eric the Red name Greenland, Greenland
What is He wanted to get others to come there
400
Who was Marco Polo
What is an Italian merchant
400
What is the name of the contagious disease brought by Columbus that spread quickly and killed Native Americans?
What is smallpox
400
Where did Columbus first land
What is the Bahamas and he called it San Salvador
400
How do we know Vikings settled in North America?
What is we found artifacts, coins, boats, remains
500
Today the land of the Vikings called Vinland is called
What is Newfoundland
500
Where to Marco Polo travel?
What is from Venice, Italy to India/ Asia
500
What date did Columbus land in America
What is October 12, 1492
500
What was Columbus looking for in the New World?
What is gold and spices
500
Columbus discovered America. Give reasoning to why that statement is false
What is Native Americans were in America thousands of years earlier (in the Ice Age) and then 500 years before Columbus the Vikings settled in America