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Age of Exploration

Christopher Columbus

Question: Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in __________.
Answer: 1492

Question: Who was Christopher Columbus' sponsor?
Answer: King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.

Question: Christopher Columbus was looking for ____________________.
Answer: He was looking for a sea route to the Indies.

Question: He called the people he found Indians...but he wasn't in India. What is the proper name for the people Columbus encountered.
Answer: Native Americans

Question: True or False. Columbus found what he was looking for?
Answer: False. He was looking for India and found the Americas instead.

Henry Hudson

Question: Henry Hudson was sponsored by ____________________.
Answer: Holland or the Dutch.

Question: What did Henry Hudson discovery?
Answer: Hudson Bay, Hudson River, New York.

Question: Name an obstacle Henry Hudson encountered on his voyage.
Answer: Ice, bad weather, and a crew mutiny.

Question: Henry Hudson was looking for...
Answer: The Northwest passage to the Indies.

Question: In the end, what happened to Henry Hudson?
Answer: He was marooned or stranded by his crew that wanted to go home instead of continuing the voyage.

Jacques Cartier

Question: Cartier sailed for which country?
Answer: France

Question: Jacques Cartier was looking for a water route through this continent.
Answer: North America

Question: His men died of...
Answer: Scurvy

Question: What type of weather did Cartier encounter in Canada?
Answer: Freezing hard winter.

Question: True or false. France lost interest in Canada due to war.
Answer: True

John Cabot

Question: Who sponsored John Cabot? Who did he sail for?
Answer: King Henry/England

Question: John Cabot is known for discovering...
Answer: New Found Land in Canada...now know as Newfoundland.

Question: John Cabot was looking for a sea route to which country?
Answer: China

Question: John Cabot was looking for a water route through this continent.
Answer: North America

Question: In the end, what happened to John Cabot?
Answer: He was lost at sea and never heard from again.

Ponce de Leon or Balboa

Question: Was beheaded as a traitor.
Answer: Balboa

Question: Explored Florida
Answer: Ponce de Leon

Question: Searched for the "Fountain of Youth"
Answer: Ponce de Leon

Question: Was killed by a Seminole arrow.
Answer: Ponce de Leon

Question: First European to see the Pacific Ocean
Answer: Balboa