Explorers and Exploration

Italian explorer who explored Spain in 1492?

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

A long journey involving travel by sea or space?

• Voyage

• Excursion

• Expedition

• Trip

What was the exchange of plants, animals and diseases and other items between the Eastern and Western hemispheres?

• Columbian Exchange

• Silk Road Exchange

• Transatlantic Trade

• Industrial Revolution

The time period between the 1400s and 1600s when European explorers, colonizers, and conquerors traveled the world?

• Age of Exploration

• Industrial Revolution

• Renaissance

• Middle Ages

A person seeking to establish control over foreign territories or peoples for the purpose of settlement?

• Colonizer

• Explorer

• Diplomat

• Merchant

An instrument used to observe and calculate the position of celestial bodies

• Astrolabe

• Telescope

• Sextant

• Compass

English sea explorer and navigator known for his explorations of present day Canada

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

French explorer who founded Quebec City (Canada)

• Samuel de Champlain

• Jacques Cartier

• René-Robert Cavelier

• Jean Nicolet

Italian explorer who was the first to sight NY

• Christopher Columbus

• Giovanni da Verrazzano

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Marco Polo

A small fast sailing ship of the 15th and 16th centuries is called a:

• Caravel

• Galleon

• Frigate

• Schooner