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Jeopardy PortugalSpainFrance England and Others Maps Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy
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$100 Question from H1 This Explorer from Portugal sailed along the coast to the tip of Africa.
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$100 Answer from H1 Dias
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$200 Question from H1 This Explorer from Portugal sailed around the tip of Africa and reached India.
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$200 Answer from H1 Vasco Da Gama
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$300 Question from H1 This person was famous for setting up a school of navigation.
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$300 Answer from H1 Prince Henry the Navigator
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$400 Question from H1 Name two of the navigational tools used by the Portuguese sailors that made sailing easier.
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$400 Answer from H1 Compass and astrolabe.
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$500 Question from H1 Why was Portugal a good starting place for sailors.
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$500 Answer from H1 Portugal’s location and coastline next to the Pacific Ocean
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$100 Question from H2 King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain financed this explorer who set sail in 1492 to find gold and spices in Asia.
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$100 Answer from H2 Christopher Columbus
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$200 Question from H2 Although this explorer died on his voyage, his crew sailed on to be the first explorers to circumnavigate the world.
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$200 Answer from H2 Ferdinand Magellan
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$300 Question from H2 This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca empire in Peru.
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$300 Answer from H2 Francisco Pizarro
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$400 Question from H2 This Spanish explorer was looking but never found the “7 Cities of Gold”. He explored through out the Southwest U.S. and discovered the Grand Canyon.
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$400 Answer from H2 Coronado
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$500 Question from H2 This Spanish explorer explored the Southeast part of what is today the U.S. He explored all the way to the Mississippi River.
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$500 Answer from H2 Hernando de Soto
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$100 Question from H3 This explorer was the first to explore the New World. He explored the U.S. coast from North Carolina to New Foundland.
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$100 Answer from H3 Giovanni Verrazano.
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$200 Question from H3 This French explorer sailed down the St. Lawrence River to what is today Quebec and Montreal.
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$200 Answer from H3 Jacques Cartier
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$300 Question from H3 This French explorer also sailed down the St. Lawrence River and settled Quebec, the first colony in the New World. He was also known as the Father of New France.
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$300 Answer from H3 Samuel de Champlain
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$400 Question from H3 This explorer was the first French explorer to explore the Missippi River all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. He claimed the Ohio and Mississippi River valley for France, called Louisiana.
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$400 Answer from H3 Robert de La Salle
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$500 Question from H3 The French did not find gold and silver like the Spanish conquistadors, but they did find much wealth. What kind of wealth did they acquire?
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$500 Answer from H3 Fish and Fur
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$100 Question from H4 This explorer was the first to claim land for England. He did not find a route to Asia, but he did find a prime fishing area off the coast of New Foundland.
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$100 Answer from H4 John Cabot
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$200 Question from H4 A huge bay and important river was named after this English explorer who was searching for the Northwest Passage.
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$200 Answer from H4 Henry Hudson
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$300 Question from H4 This explorer sailed around the tip of South America raiding and stealing silver and gold from Spanish ships. He circumnavigated the world and helped to defeat the Spanish Armada.
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$300 Answer from H4 Sir Francis Drake
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$400 Question from H4 This explorer was a Viking and is now credited as being the first European to discover America.
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$400 Answer from H4 Leif Ericson
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$500 Question from H4 What is the name of Leif’s father?
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$500 Answer from H4 Erik the Red
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$100 Question from H5 Your Text Here
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$100 Answer from H5 Christopher Columbus
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$200 Question from H5 Your Text Here
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$200 Answer from H5 De Soto
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$300 Question from H5 Your Text Here
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$300 Answer from H5 Coronado
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$400 Question from H5 Your Text Here
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$400 Answer from H5 Henry Hudson
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$500 Question from H5 Your Text Here
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$500 Answer from H5 Samuel de Champlain
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Final Jeopardy For many years, Christopher Columbus was known as the first European to “discover” America in 1492. It is now known that the Viking Leif Ericson actually discovered North American several years before Columbus. In what year is it estimated that Ericson landed in North America?
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Final Jeopardy Answer The year 1000 A.D.
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