European Explorers

The 3 G’s. What did the 3 G’s stand for?

Gold, God, and...

• GRAPES

• GERTRUDE

• GREATNESS

• GLORY

The Vikings were skilled sailors. Their homeland was __________________________ in northern Europe.

• Nova Scotia

• Berlin

• Scandinavia

• Vinland

Like Ghana, Mali owed its wealth to _________________. Caravans continued their trade of gold and ______________.

• Donkeys; weapons

• Pilgrimage; salt

• trade; salt

• gold; glory

Christopher Columus sailed the ocean blue in _______________ (the year).

• 1542

• 1492

• 1776

• 1455

Who found North America first?

• Christopher Columbus

• Lief Erikson

• Hernado Cortez

• Marco Polo

Why was the Renaissance a “rebirth”? Because it marked the beginning in _____________ and _________________ and a desire to learn more about the world.

• Shoes; Clothes

• Ships; Gold

• Vikings; Crusades

• Arts; Sciences

Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the dense mountains and jungles of Panama and was the first European to reach the ________________ Ocean.

• Atlantic

• Indian

• Mediterranean

• Pacific

Hernado de Soto He explored the southeastern United States from Tampa Bay to South Carolina and was the first European explorer to cross the _________________________ River.

• Alabama

• Amazon

• Michigan

• Mississippi

Henry Hudson’s crew _______________________ (when sailors overthrow the captain of a ship) him and literally threw him off the ship.

• member

• mutinied

• murdered

• misunderstood

Mansa Musa was a Muslim who in 1324 went on a _____________________.

• Pilgrimage

• Trip

• Vacation

• Horse Ride