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He was the first man to Reach the Cape of Good Hope.
Who was Dias
This man led the expedition that found the Pacific Ocean
Who was Balboa?
He was the first to round the Cape of Good Hope and try to trade with India
Who was Da Gama?
This man followed Da Gama’s route and bumped into Brazil, claiming it for Portugal.
Who was Cabral?
He was the Portuguese Prince that started the navigation school to find a way around Africa.
Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?
Columbus went ashore in Lisbon, Portugal when his ship sunk and lived with him.
Who was his brother, Bartholomew?
His brother did this for a living.
What is a Cartographer? Or Mapmaker.
Columbus read this book and developed his plan from it.
What was Marco Polo’s book?
While in Portugal, Columbus made trips to these two areas and learned about the winds and currents.
What was Iceland and Guinea?
Columbus tried to get this country to accept his plan first.
What was Portugal?
On his first voyage, the Santa Maria sunk on a reef off the coast of this island.
What was Hispaniola?
Columbus had to build a fort after the Santa Maria sunk because of this.
What was: Martin Pinzon left to find gold and he only had one ship and too many men.
At the end of his third voyage, who throws Columbus in chains and sends him back to Spain?
Who was Bobadilla?
When Columbus returns to La Navidad on his second voyage, he finds this mess.
What are all his men are dead and the fort is burned to the ground.
On his fourth voyage, Columbus explores these two areas.
What are Panama and Central America?
What happened to Pinzon a few days after they returned from the “New World”
He died.
This is why Cabral called the land he found “Brazil”
Because of the wood he found there.
Portugal did not accept Columbus’ idea because of this error.
His calculation of the size of the world was off. It was too small.
On his fourth voyage, Columbus was shipwrecked here for over a year
What is Jamaica?
When a crew member went to find help after their shipwreck, he went to Hispaniola. Once there, what happened to him?
He was arrested because he was one of Columbus’ men.
This treaty was signed to resolve disputes between these two countries.
What was Spain and Portugal?
The treaty was signed using these islands as the start point.
What are the Cape Verde Islands?
The Treaty of Tordesillas was focused on this ocean.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
The Treaty of Saragossa was concerned with this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Spain was interested in gaining control of these islands in the Pacific Ocean.
What are the Philippines?
Which ship was faster, a Knarr or the Pinta?
What is the Knarr?
Columbus was trying to do this when he found the “New World”
What was: To find a route to China by sailing west?
The Vikings were trying to do this when they found North America.
What was land for their people and food.
When Columbus went to Iceland he didn’t learn of the “New World”. Why not?
The Vikings didn’t want to share the wood for ships.
The Vikings found North America and recorded it in their Sagas. When Columbus could not find China on his second voyage, he did this.
What is he made all his men sign an affidavit that they found China!
Make your wager
Prince Henry the Navigator first learned of the potential riches to the south in Africa after he participated in the capture of this city on Morocco's Mediterranean coast.
What is Ceuta ???