Jeopardy Life Voyages Influences Obstacles Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Discoveries Life Voyages Influences Obstacles Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Discoveries Where did John Cabot first land when he sailed to the Americas?

$100 Answer from Discoveries He either landed at Labrador or Cape Breton Island.

$200 Question from Discoveries Where did Cabot think he first landed?

$200 Answer from Discoveries He thought he landed in Asia.

$300 Question from Discoveries Where did John Cabot land on his second voyage?

$300 Answer from Discoveries People actually are not sure, but they think it is somewhere near Maine.

$400 Question from Discoveries How far North did John Cabot sail on his second voyage?

$400 Answer from Discoveries He turned back to England somewhere between the 51st and 54th latitudes.

$500 Question from Discoveries What island did Cabot stop at on his way back to England?

$500 Answer from Discoveries Greenland

$100 Question from Life Where was Cabot born?

$100 Answer from Life Genoa, Italy Or Gaeta, Italy (people aren’t sure)

$200 Question from Life Name one important skill Cabot learned as a boy.

$200 Answer from Life Cartography, Navigation, Seamanship, or Mathematics

$300 Question from Life Where did he become a citizen of Italy?

$300 Answer from Life Venice, Italy

$400 Question from Life Did John Cabot have any children?

$400 Answer from Life Yes, he had 3 sons, who came with him on some of his voyages.

$500 Question from Life What was John Cabot’s name before he moved to England?

$500 Answer from Life Giovanni Caboto

$100 Question from Voyages Where did John Cabot sail from on his first voyage?

$100 Answer from Voyages Port Bristol, England

$200 Question from Voyages What was the name of Cabot’s ship?

$200 Answer from Voyages The “Matthew”

$300 Question from Voyages What did the King Henry VII reward Cabot with after his first voyage?

$300 Answer from Voyages A pension of twenty pounds a year for life.

$400 Question from Voyages Why did Cabot turn towards Greenland instead of continuing North on his second voyage?

$400 Answer from Voyages His crew mutinied and forced him to.

$500 Question from Voyages What was Cabot trying to find on his second voyage?

$500 Answer from Voyages He was sent to find Japan.

$100 Question from Influences Who was one of Cabot’s first inspirations?

$100 Answer from Influences His father influenced him, being a seafaring merchant.

$200 Question from Influences Who was John Cabot’s main inspiration?

$200 Answer from Influences Christopher Columbus, who discovered parts of the New World before him.

$300 Question from Influences What was another goal that Cabot wanted?

$300 Answer from Influences He also wanted fame, and to outdo Columbus.

$400 Question from Influences How were most explorers treated in Cabot’s time?

$400 Answer from Influences Explorers were treated with a lot of respect, which could have inspired Cabot.

$500 Question from Influences Why would Cabot be influenced by money?

$500 Answer from Influences Successful explorers were usually rich.

$100 Question from Obstacles What was Cabot’s first obstacle?

$100 Answer from Obstacles He needed money for a voyage so he had to move to England to get a sponsored voyage.

$200 Question from Obstacles What obstacle kept Cabot from continuing North?

$200 Answer from Obstacles The main obstacle was that ships were not very advanced and only designed for warmer waters.

$300 Question from Obstacles What obstacle kept him from sailing from Italy?

$300 Answer from Obstacles Voyages to the new world were only being sent from France, England, and Spain.

$400 Question from Obstacles What made it hard for Cabot to become sponsored by England?

$400 Answer from Obstacles England was still a monarchy at the time, so Cabot had to get authorization directly from the king.

$500 Question from Obstacles What popular belief masked Cabot’s real discoveries?

$500 Answer from Obstacles The belief that he and Columbus had sailed to Asia.

Final Jeopardy Why is the information we have about John Cabot so indecisive?

Final Jeopardy Answer John Cabot never kept a journal, so there are no first hand accounts from him on his voyages.