Explorers

Why did people start to explore the world?

• They wanted to go on holidays

• They wanted to steal people's land

• They wanted to trade goods

• They wanted to get more potatoes and tomatoes

Why was it difficult to travel the world for the explorers?

• They had no maps

• The kings of Europe refuse to let the explorers go

• They did not have good equipment to travel

• They were robbed by people on the way to their trading countries

For a long time people believe that...

• They could go to India very quickly

• America was protected by India

• It was easy to go to India by using very old maps

• The Earth was flat.

Who was the first explorer to reach America?

• Marco Polo

• Erik the Red

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

When did Christopher Columbus landed in America?

• 9004

• 1492

• 1652

• He never reach America

Who were the Incas and the Aztecs?

• Countries discovered by the explorers

• Explorers

• The names of boats used by Christopher Columbus

• Native people of South America

What kind of the people were explorers?

• Missionaries

• Conquistadors

• Mainly women

• scientists