1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. Who were the first Europeans to make contact with North America? | Vikings | 2. Vikings were skilled sailors and created a new style of ship, called what? | Longship | 3. Who was the son of Erik the Red? | Leif Eriksson | 4. Where did Eriksson and his crew land? | Labrador Peninsula | 5. In the early 1400s, who became a leader in world exploration? | Portugal | 6. Who was responsible for advances that made exploration successful? | Henry the Navigator | 7. What did Prince Henry build? | observatory and a navigation school | 8. What are the two reasons why Europeans wanted to explore the world? | Wanted asian spices and wanted to convert people to their faith | 9. What did triangular sails enable boats to do? | Sail into the wind | 10. What is an astrolobe? | a device that enabled navigators to learn their ship's location by charting the position of the stars | 11. Who led an expedition from Portugal southward along the African coast? | Bartolomeu Dias | 12. What was a major result of Portugal's exploration? | Atlantic slave trade | 13. Which sailor was from Genoa, Italy? | Christopher Columbus | 14. Who funded Columbus' expedition? | King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain | 15. What were Columbus' three ships? | Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria | 16. Columbus thought he landed in Asia, but where had he landed? | Bahamas | 17. A German mapmaker labeled the continents across the ocean America in honor of who? | Vespucci | 18. Who was killed in a battle with the native peoples of the Philippines? | Magellan | 19. What is to circumnavigate? | go all the way around the globe | 20. What were four items brought from Europe during the Columbian Exchange? | cattle, fruit, diseases, grains, horses, sugarcane | 21. Where were four items brought from the Americas during the Columbian Exchange? | cocoa, corn, potatoes, squash, tobacco, turkey | 22. Who were conquistadors? | soldiers who led military expeditions in the Americas | 23. Why did Hernan Cortes left Cuba for Mexico? | heard of a wealthy land in the west | 24. Who ruled the Aztec Empire? | Moctezuma | 25. What led to the fall of the Aztec Empire? | Cortes seizing control of Tenochtitlan and diseases | 26. Francisco Pizarro wanted to take over which empire? | Inca | 27. The Spanish established three kinds of settlements in New Spain, what are they? | Pueblos, Missions, and Presidios - military bases | 28. What was El Camino Real? | a network of roads from Mexico City to Santa Fe | 29. Who discovered the coast of present day Florida? | Ponce De Leon | 30. Leon searched Florida for what? | mythical fountain of youth | 31. Who fought for better treatment of Native Americans? | Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca | 32. What was the encomienda system? | Gave settlers the right to tax local Native Americans or make them work. In exchange, these settlers were supposed to protect the Native Americans and convert them to Christianity. | 33. What are plantations? | large farms that grew just one kind of crop | 34. What advantages did the Spanish have over Native Americans? | immunity to diseases and superior weaponry |
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Vikings were skilled sailors and created a new style of ship, called what?&choe=UTF-8
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Who was the son of Erik the Red?&choe=UTF-8
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Where did Eriksson and his crew land?&choe=UTF-8
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In the early 1400s, who became a leader in world exploration?&choe=UTF-8
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Who was responsible for advances that made exploration successful?&choe=UTF-8
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What did Prince Henry build?&choe=UTF-8
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What are the two reasons why Europeans wanted to explore the world?&choe=UTF-8
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What did triangular sails enable boats to do?&choe=UTF-8
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What is an astrolobe?&choe=UTF-8
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Who led an expedition from Portugal southward along the African coast?&choe=UTF-8
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What was a major result of Portugal's exploration?&choe=UTF-8
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Which sailor was from Genoa, Italy?&choe=UTF-8
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Who funded Columbus' expedition?&choe=UTF-8
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What were Columbus' three ships?&choe=UTF-8
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Columbus thought he landed in Asia, but where had he landed?&choe=UTF-8
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A German mapmaker labeled the continents across the ocean America in honor of who?&choe=UTF-8
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Who was killed in a battle with the native peoples of the Philippines?&choe=UTF-8
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What is to circumnavigate?&choe=UTF-8
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What were four items brought from Europe during the Columbian Exchange?&choe=UTF-8
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Where were four items brought from the Americas during the Columbian Exchange?&choe=UTF-8
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Who were conquistadors?&choe=UTF-8
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Why did Hernan Cortes left Cuba for Mexico?&choe=UTF-8
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Who ruled the Aztec Empire?&choe=UTF-8
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What led to the fall of the Aztec Empire?&choe=UTF-8
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Francisco Pizarro wanted to take over which empire?&choe=UTF-8
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The Spanish established three kinds of settlements in New Spain, what are they?&choe=UTF-8
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What was El Camino Real?&choe=UTF-8
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Who discovered the coast of present day Florida?&choe=UTF-8
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Leon searched Florida for what?&choe=UTF-8
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Who fought for better treatment of Native Americans?&choe=UTF-8
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What was the encomienda system?&choe=UTF-8
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What are plantations?&choe=UTF-8
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What advantages did the Spanish have over Native Americans?&choe=UTF-8
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