European Explorers Study Guide

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

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

• Samuel de Champlain

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

The explorer sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

• Hernando de Soto

Why did the Spanish set up missions in Florida and in other parts of southern & western North America?

• to convert natives to Christianity

• to find gold

• to find the Northwest Passage

• it was a nice area

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

• Cabot
• Columbus
• Cartier

He discovered the St. Lawrence River and Gulf.

• John Cabot
• Hernando De Soto
• Christopher Columbus
• Jacques Cartier

He founded Canada for England.

• Henry Hudson
• Jacques Cartier
• John Cabot
• Newfoundland

He was thrown overboard by his crew because he was so greedy!

• Cabot
• Columbus
• Hudson
• de Soto

All explorers wanted this so that they could get rich!  I was not always shiny, but it was always used to make money!

• Gold
• God
• Glory

Who sailed from England to Canada?

• Columbus
• Cabot
• Cartier
• Hudson