Target 3 Exploration

Who was Hernan Cortes?

• An English explorer in search of the Northwest Passage

• A Spanish explorer who defeated the Aztecs

• A Portuguese explorer who was the first person to sail around the world

Who was Amerigo Vespucci?

• A merchant who traveled from Italy to China to trade goods. He stayed in China for 16 years.

• An English explorer in search of the Northwest Passage.

• The Italian merchant who realized he was not in India, but was in a new land. This is who America is named after.

Who was Henry Hudson?

• An English explorer in search of the Northwest Passage.

• A Spanish explorer who defeated the Aztecs.

• A Spanish explorer who traveled to South America and conquered the Incan Empire.

Who were Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand?

• The Italian merchant who realized he was not in India, but was in a new land. This is who America is named after.

• A Spanish explorer who searched for the Fountain of Youth and stumbled upon the Florida pennisula and established a fort in St. Augustine.

• The King and Queen of Spain who helped fund Christopher Columbus' voyage.

Marco Polo was a merchant who traveled from Italy to China to trade goods. He stayed in China for 16 years.

• True

• False

Ponce de Leon was a Spanish explorer who searched for the Fountain of Youth and stumbled upon the Florida peninsula, and established a fort in St. Augustine.

• True

• False

Who was the Spanish explorer who traveled to South America and conquered the Incan Empire?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

• Franciso Pizzaro

Who was the English explorer in search of a Northwest Passage to India?

• John Cabot

• Marco Polo

• Ponce de Leon

• Amerigo Vespucci

Who was the Portuguese explorer who was the first person to sail around the world?

• Marco Polo

• Henry Hudson

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Queen Isabella

Christopher Columbus was a Spanish explorer who thought there was a quicker way to reach India, but landed in South America by mistake.

• True

• False