Early Explorers

I am an Italian explorer who was hired by the King of England to go out exploring after Columbus.  I landed on what is today Newfoundland, but I thought I was in Asia.

• Vespucci
• Cabot
• Erickson
• Balboa

I am the conquistador that went looking for the Seven Cities of Gold.  Though I never found these cities, I did conquer much of what is today the southwestern U.S. for Spain.

• Cortes
• Pizarro
• de Soto
• Coronado

I believed I could read Asia by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492.  I asked the king and queen of Spain to pay for my journey.

• Cabot
• de Leon
• Columbus
• Cortes

I am a conquistador that conquered the Aztec empire and built Mexico City.

• Pizarro
• de Soto
• Cortes
• Coronado

What was the purpose of Columbus' expeditions?

• To find a shorter route to Asia by sailing west
• To claim land in Canada
• To explore the Hudson Bay
• None of the above

Which of the following was NOT a reason for exploration?

• God
• Globe
• Gold
• Glory

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

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

Which explorer discorved the Hudson River and the Hudson Bay?

• Cartier
• Columbus
• Hudson
• Ponce de Leon

Who was was a French explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France?

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson

• Hernando de Soto

• Robert de La Salle

Though he had landed in India, so he called the people he found, "Indians."

• Columbus
• King Ferdinand
• de Gama
• Vespucci