Early Explorers-New World Exploration

What is one reason why Europeans looked for new trade routes across the oceans?

• Goods made in America were supposed to be cheaper.
• Asians no longer needed any products that Europeans wanted to trade.
• European traders were hoping to find cheaper and shorter routes.
• European Kings and Queens no longer allowed trade along the old routes.

What major resource came from Africa?

• Spices
• Tea
• Silk
• Slaves

What was the purpose of Christopher Columbus' first expedition in 1492?

• To find a water rout to Alaska.
• To find a new route to Asia.
• To prove that the world was flat.
• To find new land for farming.

Who was the first European to explore North America?

• Leif Ericson
• Christopher Columbus
• Hernando De Soto
• Prince Henry

What were some things exchanged from Europe to the New World? (read carefully!)

• Peanuts and Tobacco
• Explorers and Gold
• Turkey and Coffee
• Diseases and Livestock

What do Christopher Columbus and Hernando De Soto have in common?

• They both claimed land for Spain
• They both went to Nicaragua
• They both claimed land for Portugal
• They both went to the East Indies

Political and economic competition between countries lead to what?

• Frustrate Explorers
• A bad global relationship
• wars
• Exploration and colonization of the new world

What technological advancement in shipbuilding let explorers travel faster? 

• The longboat
• The caravel
• The rowboat
• The canoe

Where did Hernando De Soto NOT go?

• Florida
• Alaska
• Mississippi River
• South Carolina

Who was the first to circumnavigate (travel around) the world.

• Hernando De Soto
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Henry Hudson