Exploration of the New World

John Cabot sailed for which country?

• England

• France

• Spain

• Netherlands

Christopher Columbus sailed for which country?

• England

• France

• Spain

• Netherlands

Hernando de Soto sailed for which country?

• England

• France

• Spain

• Netherlands

Leif Eriksson sailed for which country?

• England

• France

• Greenland

• Spain

Henry Hudson sailed for which 2 countries?

• England and France

• England and Netherlands

• England and Spain

• Spain and Netherlands

Robert LaSalle sailed for which country?

• England

• France

• Spain

• Netherlands

Ferdinand Magellan sailed for which country?

• England

• France

• Spain

• Netherlands

This is a smaller and faster ship with triangular sails that could sail into the wind.

• astrolabe

• cartography

• compass

• caravel

Explorers used this to determine true north.

• Astrolabe

• compass

• caravel

• cartography

This measures the height of the sun above the horizon.

• astrolabe

• compass

• caravel

• cartography