The History of Our United States 4
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- What is the story of what has happened in the life of a country or people called?
- History
- What are the four oceans?
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Atlantic
Pacific
Indian
Artic - Who told Europeans about his journey to China?
- Marco Polo
- Who was the first Spaniard to reach the Pacific Ocean?
- Balboa
- What Portuguese explorer first sailed around Africa to get to Asia?
- Vasco de Gama
- What were the names of Columbus' three ships?
- Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
- What did he name the Pacific?
- "Great South Sea"
- Who first used the name America?
- A German mapmaker
- Who discovered America?
- Christopher Columbus
- What great piece of land did Ponce de Leon mistake for an island?
- Florida
- Where did Columbus land?
- San Salvador
- What explorer wanted to find the Fountain of Youth?
- Ponce de Leon
- What explorer claimed North America for England in 1497?
- John Cabot
- What did Columbus want to find?
- Asia.
- What are the seven continents?
- North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Austrailia.
- What did the name "America" first stand for?
- South America only
- When did Columbus discover America?
- October 12, 1492
- What is the study of the surface of the earth called?
- Geography.
- What continent is responsible for the settlement of America?
- Europe.
- What did the Vikings call America?
- Vinland
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What did Columbus call the people he met in America?
Why? -
Indians
Thought he had landed in India - What group from Scandinavia raided parts of Europe and accidentally discovered America?
- Vikings
- When did the Vikings land in America?
- 1,000 A.D.
- What explorer first called America a "New World"?
- Amerigo Vespucci
- What is a continent?
- A large mass of land.