4th Grade Quiz Bowl: THE AGE OF EXPLORATION!

__________ was the Viking explorer who landed on the coast of Canada.

_________ was the Portuguese prince who established an important academy of navigation.

Magellan was killed in the Philippine Islands, but where was he intending to sail to?

A ___________ occurs when a ship navigates the entire circumfrence of the Earth.

________ traveled the Silk Road and returned with wondrous tales of the empire of Kublai Khan.

Which item was NOT introduced to Europe from the Americas as a part of the Columbian Exchange?

A ________ occurs when a crew rises up against a captain and seizes control of the ship.

Which four countries first established colonies in North America? 

Leif Erikson gave the name _________ to the place where he found wild grapes growing on vines.

__________ was the Viking explorer who led an expedition to Greenland in 982 AD.

___________ searched for a Northwest Passage for both England and Holland.

How did the first people (Native Americans) come to North America? 

What is one theory about why early peoples migrated from Asia to North America?

A ___________ was a Spanish soldier seeking glory and riches in the New World.

King _________ and Queen ___________ financed Columbus' voyages to the New World.

Which of the following was NOT a navigational tool used by early explorers?

Why did so many explorers search for a Northwest Passage?

What is the narrow body of water that separates Asia from North America?

The ______ was a trade route used to transport valuable goods from China to Europe.

Which of the following is NOT a reason why spices were important in the ancient world?

What is the land that had been underwater during the ice age that became uncovered? 

_________ was the Spanish explorer who claimed the Mississippi River for Spain.

What was one result of the Columbian Exchange? 

________ led a Spanish expedition that completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth.

Which of the following was NOT one of Columbus' three ships from his first voyage?

Which item was NOT introduced to the Americas from Europe as a part of the Columbian Exchange?

What is the movement of people from one place to another?