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| Where did Columbus first land in the new world? | San Salvador (Bahamas) |
| What were the names of Columbus' ship(s)? | Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria |
| What were the name of the Indians that Columbus first encountered in the new world? | Arawak (Taino) |
| Who were the first Europeans to discover America? | The Vikings (Leif the Lucky or Bjarni Herjolfsson) |
| Who was the European that discovered Greenland? | Erik the Red (Lief the Lucky's father) |
| What year approx. did Leif the Lucky reach the new land? | 986 AD. |
| What did Lief the Lucky call the new land? | Vinland |
| Who may have been the first European to die in the new world? | Thorvald (Leifs brother) |
| What happened in Europe in 1454? | Johannes Gutenburg invented movable type for the Europeans |
| Who used moveable type centuries before Gutenberg? | The Koreans and the Chinese |
| What was book was printed in Europe in 1454? | The Bible |
| Who was Ptolemy? | A famous geographer and astronomer that lived in 168 CE believed the earth was the center of the universe |
| Who was Copernicus? | A polish priest and scientist that believe the sun was the center of the universe |
| Who financed Columbus' trip to the new world? | (Spain) King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella |
| Who conquered the Aztecs? | Hernando Cortes |
| Who conquered the Incas? | Fransico Pizarro |
| What present day city is built on the Aztec's ruins? | Mexico City |
| Where did the Incas live? | Andes Mountains |
| Who drew the line of demarcation? | The Pope |
| Why was the line of demarcation drawn? | To divide the world for Spain and Portugal |
| Who claimed N America's Atlantic coast for England? | John Cabot (1497-98) |
| Who recieved credit for proving Columbus had reached a new world and the Americas are named after him? | Amerigo Vespucci (1499-1501) |
| Who crossed the Isthumus of Panama? | Vasco de Balboa (1513) |
| Whos crew was the first to circumnavigate the earth? | Ferdinand Magellan (1519-22) |
| Who gets credit for discovering the St. Lawrence River? | Jacques Cartier 1534 |
| Who gets credit for being the second to circumnavigate the earth? | Sir Frances Drake 1577 |
| Who claimed the Mississippi River for the French? | Robert de La Salle 1681-82 |
| Who is given credit for being the first to go around Africa? | Bartholumeul Dias |
| Which european country was the first to send an explorer to the new world? | Spain |
| Which European country was the last to sent an explorer to the new world? | France |
| How many years passed between the first and second circumnavigation? | about 55 years |
| How many years passed between the first and last exploration? | about 190 years |
