| A | B |
|---|
| The study of the earth's surface | Geography |
| He went to China and brought back lots of gold. | Marco Polo |
| He thought he could sail west from Europe and reach Asia. | Columbus |
| The island where Columbus landed. | San Salvador |
| What did Columbus call the people on the island? | Indians |
| A group of people from Scandinavia | Vikings |
| The largest island in the world | Greenland |
| The first European to visit the New World | Leif Ericson |
| He made the first trip to the New World for England. | John Cabot |
| He was the first person to call it the New World | Amerigo Vespucci |
| He found a way to sail around Africa to get to India. | Vasco da Gama |
| He discovered the Pacific Ocean. | Balboa |
| He named Florida. | Ponce de Leon |
| A body of land with water on three sides | Peninsula |
| What the name Florida means in Spanish | Flower |
| The story of what has happened in the life of a country or people | History |
| What the Vikings named the new land they found | Vinland |
| On what date did Columbus discover America? | October 12, 1492 |
| Name the three ships of Columbus | Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria |
| Did Columbus realize he had discovered a New World? | NO! |
