European Explorers

Match the following words and definitions

• also called reflecting quadrant and used to in navigation to measure distance

• Sextant

• tool used to make astronomical measurements-the angle of the sun/star above the horizon

• Octant

• tool used to measure the angle between any two visible objects

• Chronometer

• tool used to measure time, especially in spite of motion, temperature, humidity, and air pressure

• Astrolabe

• tool with a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of true north

• Compass

What type of land feature is Panama?

(a)  

• isthmus
• island
• caravan
• archipelago
• peninsula

Match the following explorers

• attempted to discover a shorter route from Europe to Asia through the Arctic Ocean

• Henry Hudson

• crossed the isthmus of Panama to Pacific . First European to have reached the Pacific from Americas

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• first known European to have discovered North America before Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

• Took over the Aztec Empire as he was exploring Mexico

• Bartholomeu Dias

• sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa, reaching Indian from Atlantic- first European

• Leif Eriksson

Match the following explorers

• Discovered Grand Canyon when he went in search of "city of Gold"

• Marco Polo

• traveled to China and helped grow the Silk Road

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• credited for discovering America (though wasn't the first) and began colonization in Americas

• Christopher Columbus

• traveled the Atlantic coast between the Carolinas and Newfoundland and New York Harbor

• Giovanni da Verrazzano

• Discovered Canada thinking it was Asia when searching for Northwest Passage.

• John Cabot

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bow

Bow spirit

Main Mast

Main Sail

main deck

Top Fore Sail

Stern

Top Mast

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​ (a)   is a group of people from one country who build a settlement in another territory or land.

• Colony
• Expedition
• Spanish Reconquista
• Caravel
• Middle Ages
• Silk Road
• Isthmus
• Conquistador
• Circumnavigate
• Caravans

​ (a)   is to sail all the way around something, such as the world.

• Circumnavigate
• Expedition
• Spanish Reconquista
• Caravel
• Middle Ages
• Silk Road
• Isthmus
• Conquistador
• Caravans
• Colony

​ (a)   is a Spanish conqueror.

• Conquistador
• Expedition
• Spanish Reconquista
• Caravel
• Middle Ages
• Silk Road
• Isthmus
• Caravans
• Colony
• Circumnavigate

​ ​ ​ (a)   is an ancient network of trade from China to the Roman Empire and throughout Europe.

• Silk Road
• Expedition
• Spanish Reconquista
• Caravel
• Middle Ages
• Isthmus
• Caravans
• Colony
• Circumnavigate
• Conquistador

​ ​ ​​ (a)   is a movement to spread Catholicism in Spain.

• Spanish Reconquista
• Expedition
• Caravel
• Middle Ages
• Isthmus
• Caravans
• Colony
• Circumnavigate
• Conquistador
• Silk Road