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European Explorers

Authored by Hanna Poston

Social Studies

3rd Grade

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European Explorers
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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This explorer was searching for a Northwest Passage and explored the area that is today the state of New York.

John Cabot

Samuel de Champlain

Christopher Columbus

Henry Hudson

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Legend has it that this explorer may have searched for a Fountain of Youth; he explored the Florida Peninsula, as well as the Gulf Stream - the strong current of warm water that flows out of the Gulf of Mexico, around Florida, and up the coast of the southeast portion of the present-day U.S.

Henry Hudson

John Cabot

Juan Ponce de Leon

Christopher Columbus

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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This explorer set sail in 1492, a year that changed the world.

Samuel de Champlain

Christopher Columbus

John Cabot

Henry Hudson

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following words means "conqueror" and describes someone who traveled to North, Central, and South America to look for wealth, conquer the native peoples, and take over the land?

friar

explorer

missionary

conquistador

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Cabot
Columbus
Cartier

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

He discovered Hudson Bay.

Hudson
Cartier
Cabot
Magellon

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

He founded Canada for England.

Henry Hudson
Jacques Cartier
John Cabot
Newfoundland

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