European Explorers

I was searching for the Fountain of Youth, and though I never found it, I was the first to step foot on what is today U.S.A. soil.

• de Soto

• Erikson

• Columbus

• de Leon

What was the main accomplishment of exploration?

• The discovery of new lands

• Riches and valuable gold

• Natural resources like large forest and fish

• Learning to grow crops from Native Americans

I started a school for navigators, and people who wanted to go out exploring.

• Columbus

• Prince Henry

• Polo

• Magellan

Christopher Columbus thought he had reached India, but he had really landed in______.

• Florida

• Canada

• the Bahamas

• Hudson Bay

Which European country sponsored Christopher Columbus' voyages?

• England

• Mexico

• France

• Spain

This explorer was looking for a way to go west from Europe to find Asia. Instead he discovered a famous river and explored the area around NYC. Who is it?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

Which of the folowing is an obstacle faced by the early explorers?

• bad weather
• no maps
• ran out of supplies
• all of the above

Which conquistador conquered the Aztecs?

• Ponce de Leon
• Hernando de Soto
• Hernan Cortes
• Francisco Coronado

To go all the way around the Earth by ship or plane is to...

• circumnavigate
• equate
• latitudinate
• circulate

I was looking for the Northwest Passage in 1534. On my journey, I sailed down the Saint Lawrence River. 

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