European Exploration in the New World, ,VA USI SOL 4a,b,c

European countries wanted to find a faster route to...?

• Asia
• Africa
• the north pole
• California

Which European countries claimed land in North America? 

• England, France, Spain
• England, Italy, Portugal
• Portugal, Spain, France 
• India, France, Canada

Which of the following was NOT a motivation of the early European explorers?

• To search for gold and riches
• To trade with the American Indians
• To spread Christianity
• To expand their empire and culture

Like Columbus, I thought I found a route to the Indies, but I unknowingly found a route to a new continent.  The land I claimed there for England  is off the coast of  present day Eastern Canada which I named Newfoundland.

• Vespucci
• Cabot
• Columbus
• LaSalle

I found the mouth of the Mississippi River and claimed the vast Mississippi River Valley for my home country of France.  I am....

• Coronado
• de Champlain
• Cabot
• LaSalle

Which of the following was an obstacle faced by the early European explorers?

• poor maps and navigational tools
• exchange of goods and ideas with the Indians
• treacherous mountain ranges
• problems trading with the empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai

I led my men in claiming land in the Southwest area of North America for my native country of Spain.  If the American Indians did not convert to Christianity, we enslaved them.  I am....

• LaSalle
• Magellan
• Coronado
• deChamplain

Looking at the map, which explorer traveled the route in red leading to the Gulf of Mexico?

• Columbus
• Drake
• LaSalle
• Cabot

Looking at the map, which explorer claimed this land for England?

• Cabot
• LaSalle
• de Champlain
• Coronado

Which French settlement did Samuel de Champlain establish?

• Jamestown
• Montreal
• Quebec
• Plymouth