European Explorers

He was sponsored by France and discovered the St. Lawrence River.

• Cabot
• Columbus
• Cartier

Which of the following is not a motive for exploration?

• God
• Glory
• Gold
• Gummies

Which was NOT a European motive for exploration?

• wealth
• religious conversion
• spread disease
• economic opportunity

Columbus thought that he had arrived at  ___________, and therefore called the Natives he met Indians.

• Cathay
• Africa
• America
• India

I believed I could reach 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

_______________ reached America in 1497. He landed in what is now Canada, and is credited with finding a good fishing spot that made England money.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• Amerigo Vespucci

Columbus went _____________ from Europe to try to reach Asia. 

• north
• south
• east
• west

What is the Spanish word for conqueror?

• technology
• conquistador
• settlement
• circumnavigate

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

What country sponsored Christopher Columbus?

• Spain

• England

• Italy

• Portugal