To provide funding for something

A person who makes maps

The study of the stars, planets and space

Who was the viking who ventured across the North Atlantic Ocean and explored and established a colony on the eastern coast of North America in 1000 AD?

Who opened a center for exploration at Sagres?

Who funded (financed) Christopher Columbus' trip west?

Tried to launch a Portuguese trading empire and sent explorers to find a sea route around Africa.

What word means to sail around the world?

A disease transmitted by mosquito in tropical areas

Explorer who realized that the land west of Europe Was a new continent

Explorer who has more water named after him than any other explorer.

Explorer who accidentally found Brazil and claimed it for Portugal.

First explorer to sail past the southern tip of Africa

First explorer to circumnavigate the earth.

First explorer to sail around Africa and reach Asia (India)

A fabled water route through the America's from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

The original name of the Cape of Good Hope was

Columbus died before he realized he discovered a new land

Scientists believe the first Americans came to the continent over a land bridge.

Many times explorers tried to spread their religion to the Natives.

The Silk Road was the safest way to trade goods between Europe and Asia.

French Explorer Jacques Cartier sailed up the St. Lawrence River.

Which of the following countries founded New Orleans?

People who paid rent and worked for their lord for a set period each year.