Exploration: Vocabulary and People

Question 1

Cartography

Answer 1

Map making

Question 2

Latitude

Answer 2

Distance North or south of the equator

Question 3

Longitude

Answer 3

Distance east or west of prime meridian

Question 4

Prime Meridian

Answer 4

The line running north or south from greenwich, England

Question 5

Astrolabe

Answer 5

Navigation device used to determine latitude

Question 6

Caravel

Answer 6

15th and 16th century sailing ship able to sail in ocean

Question 7

Tacking

Answer 7

Sailing in a zig zag pattern that allows it to sail against wind

Question 8

to circumnavigate

Answer 8

to travel completely around something

Question 9

Leif Ericson

Answer 9

First scandinavian to reach the northern parts of america

Question 10

Prince Henry the Navigator

Answer 10

Established a school that taught cartography, navigation, geography, and ship making in 1416

Question 11

Bartholomeu Dias

Answer 11

reached southern tip of africa

Question 12

Vasco de Gama

Answer 12

sailed around africa to india

Question 13

Christopher Columbus

Answer 13

in 1492 discovered americas and believed it was india.

Question 14

King Ferdinand

Answer 14

Him and Isabella financed the trips

Question 15

Queen Isabella

Answer 15

Financed columbuses trips and other navigators to the americas in search of new lands

Question 16

Pope Alexander VI

Answer 16

declared the treaty of tordesillas which splits the lands between portugal which got east side and spain which got left side.

Question 17

Amerigo Vespucci

Answer 17

Discovered the americas

Question 18

Bartholomew Columbus

Answer 18

Brother discovered santa domingo

Question 19

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Answer 19

Dont know

Question 20

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer 20

First circumnavigated the world