European Explorers (2)

I am the conquistador that conquered much of what is today the southeastern U.S. for Spain.  I was a very stern man.

• Cortes
• de Soto
• Pizarro
• Coronado

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

an English explorer who looked for a Northwest Passage to Asia but never found it - he now has a bay and a river named after places he explored

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

Which is NOT a reason people chose to explore?

• to conquer or claim land

• to have some fun

• find gold

• spread their religion

How were explorers and conquistadors harmful to Native Americans? PICK TWO!

• they would take their land, resources and gold

• they would hug them

• they would make them slaves

• they would tell them to show them around the land

Discovered the Mississippi River

• Robert LaSalle

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

Has 3 bodies of water named after him

• Henry Hudson

• Christopher Columbus

• Leif Erikson

Was looking for the Northwest Passage

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando De Soto

• John Cabot

Was a conquistador for Spain.

• Christopher Columbus

• Robert LaSalle

• Hernando De Soto

Cartography

• Type of ship

• Type of compass

• Map making skills