European Explorers

Portuguese explorers rounded the southern tip of Africa, and Spanish explorers sailed west across the Atlantic. Both countries were trying to find an all-water route to which land?

• Asia

• Atlantis

• Africa

• Antarctica

During the 1400s and 1500s, many Europeans wanted to find a new route to the riches of Asia. This wish to find a new route would lead to the

• end of trade with China and India.

• exploration of North and South America.

• closing of markets in Europe for Asian goods.

• making of these traded products in Europe.

The first explorer to reach the "New World" at that time claimed lands for the King of Spain. He was ___________ .

• Henry Hudson

• Giovanni Verrazano

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

What did Cartier and Hudson search for in North America?

• The Fountain of Youth

• The Seven Cities of Gold

• The Northwest Passage

• Africa

What happened during Hudson’s last voyage?

• He found the Northwest Passage

• His crew mutinied and left him adrift at sea

• He returned to England

• He found Asia

Beginning in 1534, Jacques Cartier explored the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the St. Lawrence River. Cartier claimed the area now known as Quebec for what country?

• England

• Spain

• Italy

• France

Which European nation sponsored Cabot’s expedition across the Atlantic Ocean?

• England

• France

• Spain

• Portugal

Which explorer searched and settled in this area?

• Hudson

• Cabot

• Cartier

• Balboa

Which explorer found this river?

• Hudson

• Balboa

• Columbus

• Cartier

Which explorer conquered the Incas?

• Balboa

• Cartier

• Columbus

• de Soto