A list of Jeopardy terms relating to the Age of Exploration
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| 15938103 | (Magnetic) Compass | Navigation instrument with a magnetized needle | 0 | |
| 15938104 | Italy | Western country that controlled Europe's trade with the Far East | 1 | |
| 15938105 | Spices | Exotic foodstuffs that inspired European voyages to the East | 2 | |
| 15938106 | Africa | Continent whose west coast the Portuguese explored in the 1400s | 3 | |
| 15938107 | Scurvy | Disease caused by lack of vitamin C, common among early European sailors | 4 | |
| 15938108 | Cartographer | Term for mapmakers | 5 | |
| 15938109 | Henry the Navigator | Brother of the king of Portugal who promoted exploration | 6 | |
| 15938110 | Navigation School | Type of school started by Prince Henry | 7 | |
| 15938111 | Spread Christianity | Religious reason for European exploration | 8 | |
| 15938112 | Spice Islands | Europeans' name for the Moluccas, islands rich in cloves and nutmeg | 9 | |
| 15938113 | Triangular Sails | Feature of the caravel that made it sail more effectively | 10 | |
| 15938114 | Muslim Traders | Merchants who brought Asian goods to Mediterranean ports | 11 | |
| 15938115 | Cannons | Feature of European ships that allowed them to capture coastal trading posts | 12 | |
| 15938116 | Astrolabe | Navigation instrument, perfected by the Arabs, used to measure the angle of stars and planets | 13 | |
| 15938117 | Pedro Alvares Cabral | Portuguese explorer who accidentally landed in Brazil | 14 | |
| 15938118 | Spain, Portugal | Countries that divided all the new Atlantic lands between themselves | 15 | |
| 15938119 | Sextant | Navigational tool used to determine latitude; it replaced the astrolabe | 16 | |
| 15938120 | (Papal) Line of Demarcation | Imaginary line drawn by the pope that divided the new Atlantic lands | 17 | |
| 15938121 | Lisbon | Port from which many Portuguese explorers sailed | 18 | |
| 15938122 | Cape of Good Hope (Cape of Storms) | Portuguese name for the southern tip of Africa | 19 | |
| 15938123 | (Vasco) da Gama | Explorer who opened India to Portuguese trade | 20 | |
| 15938124 | (Ferdinand) Magellan | Portuguese navigator who led a fleet on an around-the-world voyage for Spain | 21 | |
| 15938125 | Slaves | Principal export from Africa via European traders | 22 | |
| 15938126 | (Bartholomeu) Dias | Portuguese explorer who first sailed around Africa's southern tip | 23 | |
| 15938127 | Portuguese | First Europeans to trade with Japan | 24 | |
| 15938128 | Netherlands | Country that established trading forts along the west coast of Africa in the 1400s | 25 | |
| 15938129 | Philippines | Asian island group claimed by Spain and named for the Spanish king | 26 | |
| 15938130 | East Africa | The Portuguese expelled Arab traders from this section of the African coast. | 27 | |
| 15938131 | Middle Passage | Term for the voyage of enslaved Africans to the Americas | 28 | |
| 15938132 | East Indies | Early European traders' term for the islands of present-day Indonesia | 29 | |
| 15938133 | Japan | Far Eastern nation where the Dutch were allowed to trade once or twice a year | 30 | |
| 15938134 | Dutch | Europeans who established a colony at Cape Town on Africa's southern tip | 31 | |
| 15938135 | Macao | Portuguese trading post in China, near Canton | 32 | |
| 15938136 | Goa | Island off the coast of India that was the base of Portuguese trade | 33 | |
| 15938137 | Malacca | Port town that the Portuguese seized, giving them control of the strait with the same name | 34 | |
| 15938138 | Calicut | Great spice port of India where da Gama landed and traded | 35 | |
| 15938139 | Java | Far Eastern island that was the trading headquarters of the Dutch | 36 | |
| 15938140 | (British, English) East India Company | Commercial group that set up trading posts in India | 37 | |
| 15938141 | Dutch East India Company | Company that controlled Dutch trade in the Far East | 38 | |
| 15938142 | (Christopher) Columbus | Italian explorer who sailed west from Europe to find the Spice Islands | 39 | |
| 15938143 | Indians | Name given to the New World natives by Columbus (he thought he had reached the E Indies) | 40 | |
| 15938144 | Conquistadors | Term for Spanish conquerors in the New World | 41 | |
| 15938145 | Gold | Metal sought by the Spanish conquerors | 42 | |
| 15938146 | Pacific | Name given by Magellan to Balboa's ocean | 43 | |
| 15938147 | Caribbean | Sea that Columbus explored in the New World | 44 | |
| 15938148 | Mexico | Present-day central American area taken by Cortes | 45 | |
| 15938149 | (Hernando) Cortes | Spanish explorer who invaded and conquered central America | 46 | |
| 15938150 | Aztec (Empire) | Central American empire conquered by Cortes | 47 | |
| 15938151 | Horses, Guns | Spanish tactical advantages previously unknown to the Native Americans | 48 | |
| 15938152 | (Francisco) Pizarro | Spanish explorer who conquered the Indian empire of South America | 49 | |
| 15938153 | Incas | South American Indians conquered by Pizarro | 50 | |
| 15938154 | (Francisco) Coronado | Spanish explorer who led an expedition through much of today's U.S. southwest | 51 | |
| 15938155 | Vasco Nuñez de Balboa | First European to sight the Pacific Ocean | 52 | |
| 15938156 | (Hernando) de Soto | Spanish explorer who found the Mississippi River | 53 | |
| 15938157 | Ponce de Leon | Spaniard who explored Florida | 54 | |
| 15938158 | Caribbean Islands, Brazil | Places that imported most African slaves sent to the Americas | 55 | |
| 15938159 | Atahualpa | Leader of the South American Indian empire | 56 | |
| 15938160 | West Indies | Today's name for the islands Columbus arrived at | 57 | |
| 15938161 | Montezuma | Leader of the central American Indian empire | 58 | |
| 15938162 | Fur Trade | Main interest of the French in North America | 59 | |
| 15938163 | (Henry) Hudson | Explorer for the Netherlands who gave his name to a bay, a river, and a strait | 60 | |
| 15938164 | Disease | Most destructive "weapon" that Europeans brought to the Americas | 61 | |
| 15938165 | Mississippi (River) | A Spanish explorer was the first European to find this great North American river. | 62 | |
| 15938166 | Northwest Passage | Pathway through North America to the Far East that explorers tried to find | 63 | |
| 15938167 | Jamestown | First permanent English settlement in North America | 64 | |
| 15938168 | Plymouth | Second permanent English settlement in North America | 65 | |
| 15938169 | (John) Cabot | Italian explorer who established English claims in North America | 66 | |
| 15938170 | (Giovanni) de Verrazano | Italian who explored the Atlantic coast for France | 67 | |
| 15938171 | Sir Walter Raleigh | English explorer who founded a colony at Roanoke | 68 | |
| 15938172 | Britain, France | Bitter rival European nations who jockeyed for power in North America | 69 | |
| 15938173 | Puritans | People who established the Massachusetts Bay Colony | 70 | |
| 15938174 | St. Lawrence (River) | Great northern river explored by the French and the English | 71 | |
| 15938175 | Quebec | First permanent French settlement in North America, founded by Samuel de Champlain | 72 | |
| 15938176 | New Amsterdam | Capital of Dutch settlement in North America | 73 | |
| 15938177 | Louisiana | Western region of North America claimed by France | 74 | |
| 15938178 | (Jacques) Cartier | French explorer of North America who found a gulf and a great river | 75 | |
| 15938179 | Robert de la Salle | Explorer who claimed the entire Mississippi River valley for France | 76 | |
| 15938180 | Father Jacques Marquette, Louis Joliet | Two Frenchmen who explored the Mississippi Valley in 1673 | 77 | |
| 15938181 | King Philip's War | War led by Native American leader Metacomet in Massachusetts | 78 |
