European Explorer Facts

1. It took Columbus two ________________ to sail across the Atlantic.
3. It is easier to move items over water than over ___________.
5. The Northwest Passage is a ______________ route to Asia.
7. A big problem at sea was no fresh ___________________.
8. Europeans would trade ______________ for spices.
10. Europeans wanted spices to _______________ their food.
11. Columbus thought he had landed in ________________.
12. European countries wanted _______________ from Asian countries.
14. Four main countries doing exploration were France, Italy, Spain, and ___________________.
15. Europeans wanted spices because it _________________ really bad.
17. Two main asian countries that had spices were India and _____________.

1. People were afraid of sea ______________________.
2. Meat and ________________ would go bad over a long sea voyage.
4. Christopher Columbus sailed across the ________________ Ocean.
6. The Spice ______________ was a very unsafe route.
9. Spices would be carried on horses and donkeys and _____________.
10. One of the four major countries searching for the Northwest Passage was ____________.
13. People believed you could sail off the ____________ of the world.
16. The Spice Road was a ______________ route from Europe to Asia.