Explorations

Question 0

Navigation

Answer 0

Directing the course of a ship

Question 1

Patron

Answer 1

A person who finances arts science and explorations etc.

Question 2

Caravel

Answer 2

Small and fast ship that was easy to manoeuvre

Question 3

Carracks/ naos

Answer 3

Bigger ships with lateen and square sails.

Question 4

Quadrant

Answer 4

Used to measure latitude

Question 5

Compass

Answer 5

This was used to see what direction the ship was moving

Question 6

Astrolobr

Answer 6

Used to find the position of the ship north or south of the equator

Question 7

Scurvy

Answer 7

Disease from lack of vitamin c

Question 8

Hardtack

Answer 8

Buscuits sailors ate on voyages

Question 9

Cartographer

Answer 9

Person who makes maps

Question 10

Portolan charts

Answer 10

Maps made on the voyage of discovery

Question 11

Clinker built

Answer 11

Where each strake overlaps the one below and ditto above

Question 12

Captain

Answer 12

Leader of the ship

Question 13

Dysentery

Answer 13

Disease caused by drinking dirty water

Question 14

First mate

Answer 14

The officer of a merchant

Question 15

Who were the sponsors?

Answer 15

People who funded a voyage of exploration (king Ferdinand/ queen Isabella)

Question 16

How many ships did Columbus have?

Answer 16

The nina, the pinta and the Santa Maria

Question 17

Why did Columbus stop at the Canary Islands?

Answer 17

To fix repairs and gather supplies

Question 18

What did Columbus call the first island he saw?

Answer 18

San Salvador