Routes of Exploration

Spanish explorers who claimed land in the Caribbean and Central and South Americas for Spain were called....

• Conquistadors

• Archaeologists

• Northwest Passage

• Contagious diseases

The name of the shortcut from Europe to Asia through North America that many explorers searched for but never found was called.....

• a contagious disease

• the Northwest Passage

• The New World

• The East Indies

This is where Columbus THINKS he traveled, but he was really in the New World...

• New World

• North America

• East Indies

• Northwest Passage

Sicknesses brought by European explorers that spread quickly and infected many American Indians (For example: Smallpox)

• Contagious diseases

• East Indies

• Northwest Passage

• Conquistadors

Which of these was an IMPACT of Christopher Columbus's discovery and exploration of America?

• The compass was invented because of him

• European countries stopped sending explorers to the New World

• Native Americans were mistreated and killed

• European countries did not claim any land

What was John Cabot's background?

• He was a soldier

• He was a merchant

• He was a nobleman

• He was a sailor

What was Hernan Cortes' background?

• Nobleman

• Sailor

• Soldier

• Merchant

Who sponsored Juan Ponce de Leon?

• England

• Spain

• France

• Holland

What does it mean if someone "sponsored" their voyage?

• Ignored

• Paid for

• Hated

• Laughed at

What does the word "motive" mean?

• Their reason or motivation for going

• What they got from going

• Who paid for their voyage

• Where they came from