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PROFESSOR NOGGIN'S EXPLORERS CARD GAME
Explorers sailed the seas,
crossed deserts, descended into valleys, and survived jungles.
From Africa to Antarctica, from Asia to America, and from past to
present, learn about these
trailblazers who discovered not just
new lands, but new peoples and new ideas.
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PROFESSOR NOGGIN'S EXPLORERS CARD GAME
by Outset Media
Ages 7 +
2 - 8 Players
Made in Canada
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Availability:
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Professor Noggins Explorers Card
Game
Description:
Professor Noggin's
series of educational games encourages kids to learn interesting facts
about their favorite subjects. Each of the thirty game cards
combines trivia, true or false, and multiple choice questions. A
special three-numbered die is included which creates interaction and
promotes communication between players. Easy and hard levels keep
kids interested and challenged - while of course having fun!
Example Card:
The Age of Exploration
Easy:
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William Bligh
was the captain of what famous ship, until members of his crew
mutinied and dumped in the Pacific Ocean in a lifeboat?
(Bounty)
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Privateers
operated much like pirates, but were granted a license by one
country to attack ships from other countries. True or False?
(True)
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Vasco da Gama,
the first European to sail to India, was of what nationality?
(Portuguese)
Hard:
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Ships sailing
around the Cape of Good hope were passing along the southern tip of
which continent?
(Africa)
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The Age of
Exploration began in the early 1400's. What country ruled the
seas in the beginning: England, France, Portugal, or Spain?
(Portugal)
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Who named the
Pacific Ocean: Ferdinand Magellan, Hernando Cortes, James Cook, or
Vasco da Gama?
(Ferdinand Magellan)
Card Topics
Include:
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The Age of
Exploration
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John Cabot
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Jacques Cartier
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Samuel de
Champlain
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Christopher
Columbus
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Conquistadores
and Bandeirantes
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James Cook
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Charles Darwin
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Encounters with
Native Peoples
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Francis Drake
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Exploring
Africa
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Exploring
Australia
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John Franklin
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Henry Hudson
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Lewis and Clark
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Magellan's
Expedition
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Marco Polo
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Mountain
Explorers
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Navigation
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The North Pole
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The Northwest
Passage and the Northeast Passage
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Polynesian
Explorers
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River Explorers
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A Sailor's Life
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Ships and Boats
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Hernando de
Soto
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The South Pole
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Space
Exploration
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Underwater
Exploration
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Vikings
Includes:
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