European Exploration

Europe is a ______________ that includes countries like Spain, England, and France. 

• country
• city
• continent
• state

___________ was the first European to reach America in 1492, he had 3 ships on his voyage: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• Amerigo Vespucci

_______________ reached America in 1497. He landed in what is now Canada, and is credited with finding a good fishing spot that made England money.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• Amerigo Vespucci

Europeans were trying to find a water route to __________________, they thought that this would make their country rich with its silk, spices, and treasures. 

• Asia
• America
• Antartica
• Australia

Columbus went _____________ from Europe to try to reach Asia. 

• north
• south
• east
• west

America was first known as the ______________ to Europeans. 

• United States
• New World
• Atlanta
• Canada

To get from Europe to America by traveling west, explorers had to cross the ______________ Ocean. 

• Indian
• Atlantic
• Pacific
• Artic

_______________ was the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean in 1513.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• Henry Hudson

How many years later did Cabot reach America than Columbus?

• 2 years
• 3 years
• 4 years
• 5 years

What was the name of the trade route that Columbus established from America to Europe?

• the Silk Road
• the St. Lawrence Shuttle
• the Columbian Exchange 
• the Polo Express