Early Exploration in the Americas

• Need for resources

• Find gold

• More land

• Find faster route to

India & China

• Spread Christianity

Remember the 3 G's

1. Gold

2. Glory

3. God

Open Ended

What are three reasons why Europeans wanted to explore?

• Sailors & warriors from

Scandinavia

• 1st Europeans in North

America

• Reached Newfoundland,

Canada, 932 C.E.

• Found grapes, timber, furs

• Quit coming around 1010

Multiple Choice

The Vikings.....

• Were the first to voyage by boat

• Traveled across Europe but never found a route to the Americas

• were the first Europeans to reach the Americas

• Fought with the Native Americans

• Italian sent by Spain

• Tried to reach Asia

• Landed in the

Caribbean islands in
1492

• Made 4 total voyages

• Claimed land for Spain

Multiple Choice

Columbus was from

• England

• France

• Itay

• Spain

Multiple Choice

Who funded Columbus's voyage?

• England

• France

• Italy

• Spain

Multiple Choice

Why did Columbus want to go on his expedition?

• To prove the Earth was round, not flat.

• To find the New World.

• To find a faster route to India.

• None of the above

• Italian sent by England

• Looked for route to Asia

• Explored the coast of New

Foundland, Canada in 1497

• Claimed land for England

• Made 3 voyages

across the
Atlantic

Multiple Choice

John Cabot founded land for

• England

• France

• Italy

• Spain

• Italian navigator on

Spanish ship

• Wrote a popular

book about travels

• North & South

America were
named for him

Open Ended

How did North and South America get their names?

• Spanish explorer

• Crossed the Isthmus

of Panama to the
Pacific Ocean in 1513

• 1st European to reach

the Pacific through
the New World

Open Ended

Balboa was the first European to.....

Multiple Choice

Balboa was from

• England

• France

• Italy

• Spain

• French explorer

• Sailed up St.

Lawrence River
looking for a NW
Passage

• Named & claimed

Canada for France

• Made 3 voyages to

explore Canada

Multiple Choice

Carter was from

• England

• France

• Italy

• Spain

• Spanish explorer &

governor of Puerto
Rico

• Searched for a

mythical “Fountain
of Youth”

• Claimed Florida

for Spain in 1513

Multiple Choice

Juan Ponce de Leon was from

• England

• France

• Italy

• Spain

Open Ended

What was Juan Ponce de Leon's goal

•Spanish
conquistador

•Conquered the
Aztecs in 1519-1521

•Claimed Mexico for
Spain

Multiple Choice

Cortez was from

• England

• France

• Italy

• Spain

Open Ended

Who did Cortez battle and conquer?

• Spanish explorer &

conquistador

• Searched for the mythical

“7 Cities of Gold”

• 1st European to see the

Grand Canyon & American
southwest

• Claimed land north of

Mexico for Spain

Open Ended

What was Coronado trying to find?

Open Ended

What two things was Coronado the 1st European to find?

• Englishman who

sailed for the
English and
Dutch, 1609-1611

• Claimed Hudson

River and
modern NY for
Dutch

– Claimed

Hudson Bay
area for
England

Open Ended

What two things were claimed by Henry Hudson for England?

• French explorer

• Explored &

established forts
from the Great
Lakes down the
Mississippi River

• Claimed Louisiana

for France

Open Ended

What two things did La Salle do?