Early Explorers

Famous Viking who is often credited being the first European to sail to America

• Thorfinn

• Leif Erikson

• Canute

• Thorkell

Spanish explorer whose crew is credited being the first being the first people to circumnavigate the world

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Hernan Cortes

Expedition

• Vacation

• A hike

• A Ford SUV

• Organized Journey

Organized

• Messy

• Formal or arranged

• Last-minute

• Chaos

Demolish

• Destroy

• Bake

• Salvage

• Build

Conquistador

• Spanish Politician

• Spanish Conquerors

• Spanish Navigators

• Spanish Citizen

Empire

• A group of nations or peoples ruled by a single group or leader

• A group of nations or peoples ruled by a multiple groups or leaders

• A group of nations or peoples ruled by God

• A group of nations or peoples ruled no one

Christopher Columbus

• Portuguese explorer who sailed around the tip of Africa

• Spanish explorer who sailed west to find a faster route to Asia

• Italian explorer who sailed west to find a faster route to Asia

• Spanish conquistador who led an army against the Aztecs

Patron

• Someone who asks for donations for support

• Someone who gives money to support another person or cause

• A Spanish conqueror

• A type of navigation tool used to calculate longitude

Hernan Cortes

• A Portuguese explorer who led an expedition to Mexico in 1519

• A Portuguese explorer who led an expedition to India in 1519

• A Spanish explorer who led an expedition to Mexico in 1519

• A Portuguese shipwright who developed the caravel