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Many of the Vikings were from this European nation whose western coast borders the North Sea. | What is Norway? |
He was the first Viking to see North America. | who was Bjarni herjulfson |
This was the name that the Vikings gave to their settlement in present-day Canada. | what is vinland |
This Viking tried to colonize present-day Canada. | Who was Leif Ericson? |
In addition to Norse and Northmen, this term, also starting with an n, was another name for the Vikings. | norman |
On his first voyage, when he accidently “discovered” America, Columbus was sailing for this European nation. | what is spain? |
on his first voyage trying to reach the Indies, this was one of the reasons why columbus first saild southwest to the Canary island. | What is, to catch the wind that would push him west; |
Columbus used to convince himself that he had found the Indies. | What is gold? (also in Asia) |
king and queen of Spain at the time of Columbus’s first voyage on his Enterprise of the Indie. | who were isabella and ferdinand. |
Columbus’s goal when he set out on his first voyage | to find an all water route to Asia, or try to sail west to reach the east? |
The year that the Puritans began their Massachusetts Bay Colony in America | 1630 |
year that the Vikings first saw North America. | What is 986 |
The Protestant Reformation first began during this century. | What is, 16th |
The year that pilgrims first began their colony in new world | What is 1620 |
These English men and women wanted to simplify, or purify, the rituals, materials, and procedures, in the Church of England | puritans |
These radical English Puritans wanted to completely break away from the Church of England. The first group of these separatists came to the New World on the Mayflower in 1620. | who were the pilgrims |
name that columbus gave the first island that he landed on in the new world | san salvador |
In c. 770, a group of Vikings settled this large island west of Norway. It’s name would suggest that it was very inhospitable | iceland |
Eric the Red brought group of viking settlers to the southwestern tip of this enormous island, approximately 500 miles east of present day canada | greenland |
after reaching the new world, columbus landed on a island in this body fo water | carribean sea |
name pilgrims gave colony in America | plymouth |