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  1. To play Early Explorers Jeopardy, click VIEW and SLIDE SHOW from the pull down menu. Hit the “Click To Begin” button to be taken to the game board. Remember to hit the “Home button” to go back to the game board

  2. Early Explorers of North America Welcome to Early Explorers Jeopardy. Use this game to practice for your exam. Good luck!

  3. Explorer Jeopardy Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Hit the “home button” to return to the game board! Click to begin.

  4. Choose a point value. Choose a point value. Click here for Final Jeopardy

  5. Vikings Related To Maps Navigation Tools Diseases & Illness Explorer Trivia Potpourri 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points

  6. Eric the Red

  7. Who is Leif Eriksson’s father and/or the founder of Greenland?

  8. A weekday that derives from a Viking word meaning “Thor’s Day” or God’s Day.

  9. What is Thursday?

  10. The Viking ships were this long and had this many oars.

  11. What is 90 feet and 50 oars?

  12. Greenlander’s Saga

  13. What are stories told about the Vikings.

  14. Continents where the Vikings came from.

  15. Where is Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Greenland?

  16. The line at the center of the globe marked at 0 degrees latitude.

  17. What is the equator?

  18. A tool of early explorers that improved over time as new continents were discovered.

  19. What are maps?

  20. North, South, West, East

  21. What are the four cardinal directions?

  22. The lines on a map or on a globe (as shown below)

  23. What are lines of latitude and longitude?

  24. A term meaning, to go all the way around something (like the globe)

  25. What is circumnavigation?

  26. A navigational tool designed by Asian explorers way before Christopher Columbus.

  27. What is the compass?

  28. This navigational tool was used to determine altitude (height of things like mountains). Pictured below

  29. What is an astrolabe?

  30. A device that made a carrack or a caravel (ships) easy to turn direction. Shown below.

  31. What is the rudder?

  32. Ship boys were required to turn these devices placed all over the ship.

  33. What are sand timers?

  34. A magnetic compass always faces this direction.

  35. What is North?

  36. Symptoms of this illness include inflamed gums and teeth loss, caused by a lack of Vitamin C.

  37. What is Scurvy?

  38. Sir Francis Drake died from this illness. Also known as flux.

  39. What is Dysentery?

  40. If you’re on a ship and you feel uneasy; you’re probably suffering from this illness.

  41. What is sea-sickness?

  42. Eating just hardtack day-in and day-out would be an example of this illness.

  43. What is malnutrition?

  44. Caused by a bite from lice; this disease will give someone a high fever.

  45. What is Typhus?

  46. This explorer commanded three ships; the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria.

  47. Who was Christopher Columbus?

  48. We celebrate this explorer on October 9th of every year.

  49. Who is Leif Eriksson?

  50. This explorer was known for his elaborate storytelling after 24 years of traveling by foot, by horse and by boat.

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