Explorers

I believed I could reach Asia by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. I asked the King and Queen of Spain to pay for my journey.

• Cabot

• Ponce de Leon

• Columbus

• Cortes

Which of the following was NOT a reason the early explorers began to make voyages?

• To serarch for gold and riches
• To make friends with the Native Americans
• To spread their religion
• The explorerers want to become famous.

_________________ claimed the eastern shores of Canada for England.

• John Cabot
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Vasco Nunez Balboa
• Jacques Cartier

When did Christopher Columbus make his first voyage to America

• 1999
• 1492
• 1593
• 1234

What are the 3 G's?

• Gold, Glory, God
• Gold, Good, Glamour 
• Tripple G the Boxer
• Gold, Grains, Grit

Since Columbus believed he made it to Asia, he called the natives ___.

• Asians
• Indians
• Native Americans
• Barbarians

Which two groups sponsored Henry Hudson?

• The English & The Dutch
• The Spanish & The French
• The Dutch & The Spanish

He was a Spanish Conquistador who explored through what is now the southeastern United States and Florida.

• Hernando de Soto
• Columbus
• Hudson
• Leif Erikson

While searching for the Northwest Passage he mapped what is now New York for the Dutch and lands in Canada for the English.

• Magellan
• Erikson
• Hudson
• LaSalle

What caused many Native Americans to die during the time of the Columbian Exchange?

• Diseases
• Spoiled Food
• Spoiled Meat
• War with Europeans