European Explorers
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- On October 12, 1492 Columbus and his men saw what?
- land
- Columbus sailed from Spain with
- 3 ships and 90 men
- Columbus called the people on the island they found Indians because
- he thought they were in India
- Columbus and his men thought they found an island off the coast of Asia
- but they were really in the Carribean.
- Christopher Columbus knew that China was in the Far East, but
- he believed he could get there by sailing west.
- Vikings were the first Europeans
- to visit North or South America
- Columbus named the island they found San Salvador which means
- "Holy Savior"
- The vikings built fast ships and
- explored the North Atlantic Ocean
- Navigate means
- to steer through water
- The Portuguese king would not pay for Christopher Columbus' voyage because
- he thought it was too expensive
- Leif Eriksson was the first Viking to
- visit North America
- Leif Eriksson traveled further southa nd discovered
- Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, which are part of modern-day Canada
- Where did Christopher Columbus grow up
- Italy
- Leif Eriksson visited Greenland and
- started two colonies there
- The Chinese made
- delicate glassware, beautiful fabrics and rare spices
- King Ferdinand and Quees Isabella of Spain agreed to pay for Columbus' trip because
- they wanted to teach their religios beliefs to the people in the Far East.
- In Prince Henry's school, students learned to
- make maps and navigate by looking at the stars.
- The land route was long and treacherous, but it was closed by Asian government leaders
- so traders sailed south east and east around the southern tip of Africa
- Traders made their way to China using a land route as
- they searched for more goods to bring back to Eurpoe to sell
- The Vikings lived where?
- in Iceland which is on the European continent
- Following the Vikings, other European explorers and traders began
- trading far from home
- The Vikings may have abandoned their ships and stopped traveling between Iceland and North America
- due to icebergs in the North Atlantic Ocean
- Portuguese Prince Henry wanted to find a water route to China so
- Portugal could trade with the Chinese
- Portuguese Prince Henry started a school that taught
- young men to become sailors