Name ______________________________                                                 Teacher______________________

 

 

Explorers 1000-1500 AD

 

 

Answer the following questions by using the links on Explorers 1000- 1500 AD.

 

1.  Leif Ericson arrived in the New World in __________ AD.

 

2.  When Leif was eight years old he lived with _________________________

     because __________________________________________________

     ________________________________________________________

 

3.  Why did Ponce de Leon go on the second voyage with Columbus?

     ________________________________________________________

     ________________________________________________________

 

4.  What happened to Ponce de Leon in 1521 AD? ________________________            _______________________________________________________

 

5.  Name three hardships that Magellan and his crew encountered in their voyage.

     ________________, __________________, __________________

 

 

6.  ___________ people survived the circumnavigation voyage of Magellan.

 

7.   Montezuma, the Aztec leader, gave Cortes gifts hoping that Cortes would_____

     ________________________________________________________

 

8.   On __________________ a fleet of 5 ships and 600 men and Cabeza de  

      Vaca departed from Spain to Cuba.  

 

Using your thinking skills:

What do you think the word circumnavigation means? ______________________

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