Question | Answer |
Leif Erikson | son of Eric the Red |
Norsemen | another name for Vikings |
Gutenberg | he printed a book |
Thorn | a God, worshipped by the Vikings |
Prince Henry | Got to China by going around Africa |
Snorri | first white baby in America |
Chinese | he invented the compass |
Thorin Kailsefni | married to Gurid |
Thorvald | first white person killed |
Vikings | told stories about elves and trolls |
ignorant people during the 15th Century | couldn't read |
Greek geographer whose inaccurately measured the size of the earth | Ptomley |
Genoa, Italy | birthplace of Columbus |
Marco Polo | he wrote the books that taught Columbus about China; and reported thousands of islands off China |
Columbus's 2nd trip was a failure because he didn't find... | spices or gold |
Zacuto | scientist and mathematician from Portugal who charted the stars which helped sailors figure out latitude and predict eclipses of the sun and moon |
Balboa established this | the first European settlement |
brought from the Old World to the New World | cattle, sheep, horses, pigs, etc... |
brought from the New World to the Old World | Corn, Potatoes, tobacco, turkey, etc... |
place where Columbus got marooned | Jamaica |
Seville | port in Spain where Magellan left from |
Moluccas | Spice Islands |
Pacific | peaceful or peace-loving |
Patagonians | natives of South America |
Pigafetta | kept written record of Magellan's voyage |
Tierra del fuego | "Land of Fire" on the southern tip of South America |
putrid | something disgusting or rotten |
Enrique | first man to sail around the world |
Columbus | Cristobal Colon |
King Ferdinand | Ruler of Spain |
Grand Kahn | Ruler of Ancient China |
Arrawaks | language spoken by the Tainos Indians |
Tainos | friendly, generous, intelligent indians |
Caribs | vicious tribe that practice cannibalism |
Louis de Santangel | treasurer of Aragon, Spain |
Palos | Spanish port that Columbus left from |
Canary Islands | where Columbus and his crew first stopped for supplies |
Sargasso Sea | large area of thick green seaweed |
Colba | large caribbean island with gold (now Cuba) |
San Salvador | Spanish Holy Savior & island named by Columbus |
astrolabe | navigational instrument used to find latitude |
tierra | spanish word for land |
mutiny | revolt or rebellion on board a ship |
Bahamas | place where America was first sighted from |
rigging | the ropes on the sail of a ship |
Balboa | Spanish explorer who married the daughter of Comaco |