Explorers

I was the first guy to finally realize that Cabot and Columbus were NOT in Asia, but they had been in a new land.  America was named after me.

• Vespucci
• Polo
• Balboa
• Magellan

I was the person who named the Pacific Ocean.  My men were among the first to travel around the world, but unfortunately I died in battle in the Philippine Islands.

• Balboa
• Vespucci
• Columbus
• Magellan

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 started a school for navigators and people who wanted to go out exploring.

• Columbus
• Prince Henry
• Polo
• Magellan

_____________ discovered the Gulf of St. Lawrence and explored over 1000 miles of the St. Lawrence River.

• John Cabot
• Jacques Cartier
• Vasco Nunea Balboa
• Christopher Columbus

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

This explorer was looking for a way to go west from Europe to find Asia.  Instead he discovered a famous river and explored the area around NYC.  Who is it?

• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Columbus
• Henry Hudson

Cabot and Hudson both sailed for which European Country?

• France
• Porugal
• England
• Spain

He sailed around the bottom of Africa and opened up the trade routes to India by being the first explorer to reach Asia

• B. Diaz
• Vasco de Gama
• Columbus
• Polo

Although his crew sailed the entire way around the world and he died 3/4 of the way, this explorer was given credit for sailing around the world

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Dr. Scholls
• Ponce de Leon
• Coranado Magellan