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Name that
Explorer
I Did That
From Here
to There
Know what
I mean!
Say What?
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I sailed under the flag
of England and found
a great fishing area off
the coast of
Newfoundland
Who was
John Cabot
I founded a fur
trading post in
Canada
Who was Samuel
de Champlain
I was the
conqueror of the
Aztecs
Who was
Hernando Cortes
My efforts led the
Spanish king to issue
an order providing for
better treatment of the
Native Americans
Bartolome
de Las Casas
English explorer,
sailing for the Dutch
who explored the
land of present day
New York
Who was Henry
Hudson
Italian navigator
who was the first to
land in the
Americas
Who was
Christopher
Columbus
Started a school in
Portugal that led
the way for future
exploration.
Who was Prince
Henry the
Navigator
I was the Spanish
conquistador that
conquered the Inca
Empire
Who was Francisco
Pizarro
I was the Italian
explorer for whom
the Americas are
named.
Who was Amerigo
Vespucci
I was a Portuguese
explorer who sailed
to the tip of Africa.
Who was
Bartolomeu Dias
I discovered the
first all-water route
to Asia
Who was
Vasco da Gama
I looked for the
fountain of youth in
Florida.
Who was
Ponce de Leon
I was a Spanish
explorer who might
have been the first
to enter Tennessee
Who was
Hernando De Soto
I became the first
Spanish explorer to
reach the Pacific
Ocean.
Who was Vasco
Nunez de Balboa
I was the Spanish
explorer that looked for
a lost city of gold in the
present day
Southwestern United
States.
Who was
Coronado
I sailed up the St.
Lawrence River to
present-day
Montreal for
France.
Who was Jacques
Cartier
This name is given
to the voyage of
enslaved Africans
to the Americas
What is the Middle
Passage
This imaginary line
divided the nonChristian lands
between Spain and
Portugal
Line of
Demarcation
This economic system
increased money in a
country’s treasury by
creating a favorable
balance of trade.
What is
mercantilism
This treaty in 1494
agreed to divide the
lands of the Western
hemisphere between
Spain and Portugal
What was the
Treaty of
Tordesillas
The three ships that
carried Columbus
on his first voyage to
the New World
What were the
Nina, Pinta, and
the Santa Maria
I was the emperor
of the Aztec Empire
until The arrival of
Cortes
Who was
Montezuma II
What several
European explorers
were looking for in
the Northeastern
United States
What is the
Northwest Passage
The name given to
the great fleet of
ships sent to defeat
England in 1588.
What was the
Spanish Armada
The movement of
plants, animals,
diseases, and ideas
between the Eastern
and Western
hemispheres.
What was the
Columbian
Exchange
Make your wager
What factor is
responsible for the
majority of deaths
of the Native
Americans
What is disease