Explorers Scavenger Hunt

Explorers Scavenger Hunt http://www.mrnussbaum.com/explorers/explorersflash2.htm

1.) What were two reasons why Vasco Nunez de Balboa was important?

2.) Sir Francis Drake was the first explorer to ______.

3.) Vasco da Gama was the first explorer to sail from______to ______.

4.) Samuel de Champlain started the first French settlement in the New World at ______.

5.) What were three things spices were used for?

6.) What did Francisco Coronado find when searching for the Seven Cities of Cibola?

7.) What were some of the new products or items that Marco Polo discovered during his trip along to Silk Road to China?

8.) What was the Northwest Passage? Why were so many explorers searching for it? Name______Hr______

Legends, Destinations, and Goals – PART 1 http://www.mrnussbaum.com/explorers/legends.htm

1.) What were some of the products that Marco Polo described on his trip along the Silk Road to China?

2.) Why did European rulers begin to abandon the idea of obtaining spices along the Silk Road?

3.) How did Spanish explorers trick native peoples into converting to Christianity?

4.) Describe why explorers were interested in the Northwest Passage and how exploration of such a passage might be more successful today.

5.) What were some of the challenges, hazards, and problems on the ship during explorations across oceans? Name______Hr______

Legends, Destinations, and Goals – PART 2 http://www.mrnussbaum.com/explorers/legends.htm

1.) Describe Coronado’s unsuccessful search for the Seven Cities of Cibola. What did he find in his search?

2.) What did Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon spend five years searching for? What did he discover during this time?

3.) What do you think would be scarier, the Kraken or the Sea Bishop? Why? Draw each below.

4.) Why do you think explorers and their crews believed that St. Elmo’s fire was a divine sign?

5.) Why did the Queen of Spain demand that Queen Elizabeth behead Sir Francis Drake?