European Explorers

I sailed up what is now the Hudson River in New York and claimed what is now Hudson Bay in Canada.

• Henry Hudson
• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• Jacques Cartier

We looked for the Northwest Passage but couldn't find it.

• Columbus
• Hudson
• Samuel de Champlain

This French explorer found a Great Lake and established Quebec

• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Jacques Cartier
• Samuel Champlain

Which of the following was NOT a motivating factor for exploration by the Europeans? 

• Gold
• God
• Water Routes
• Wipe out natives

An Italian who sailed for Spain and discovered the “New World” in 1492

• Drake
• Cabot
• Columbus

An Italian explorer who sailed for France along the Atlantic Coast of North America

• Verranzano
• Hudson
• Columbus
• Champlain

The period in the 1500s when Europeans started searching for lands they did not know is called the ...

• Explorers
• Age of Exploration
• New World

Even though American Indians had lived there for thousands of years, Europeans called the Americas the ...

• Explorers
• Age of Exploration
• New World
• North America

Shortcut from Europe to Asia that was never found.

• Northwest Passage
• Contagious Diseases
• Conquistadors

Explorers were able to reach and explore new lands because of improved navigation tools. 

• True
• False