What time period did the Age of Exploration occur during?

What was the main item that was a motivator for exploration?

What is a navigational instrument that uses a magnetized pointer to show direction?

What is the act of planning and directing the movement of a ship, plane, or other vehicle?

Some explorers were in search of a water route know as___________ that allegedly connected the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America

To travel complete around something (such as Earth) especially by water was called _________

Europeans wanted to acquire all these riches and resources EXCEPT WHICH ONE? CHOSE THE ONE THAT DOES NOT APPLY.

Who was a Spanish conquistador who set out to conquer the Aztecs?

This man was the first to attempt to circumnavigate the entire world but was sadly killed by the natives.

This explorer was a merchant that traveled to Persia and China. He shared his discoveries of paper money, printing, and gun powder.

This explorer was in search of the alleged "City of Gold" that he heard about in legends. He did not find it but discovered The Grand Canyon and other landmarks.

Was looking for the Northwest Passage and thought he could sail through North America but accidentally discovered land in Canada instead.

Sailed around the southern most tip of Africa and was the first to reach the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic Ocean.

Viking Explorer who was the first known to ever discover American even before Columbus!

Was attempting to find a shorter route from Europe to Asia looking for the Northwest Passage but discovered parts of New York and the Hudson River.

He was the first Spanish Explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean by way of an isthmus.

Set sail in 1492 across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain and landed in the Carribbean mistaking it for India.

What tools did navigators use to know when and where they were going?

Where did Christopher Columbus first make landfall on his first voyage?