European Exploration

___________ was the first European to reach America in 1492, he had 3 ships on his voyage: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• Amerigo Vespucci

Europeans were trying to find a water route to __________________, they thought that this would make their country rich with its silk, spices, and treasures. 

• Asia
• America
• Antartica
• Australia

Columbus went _____________ from Europe to try to reach Asia. 

• north
• south
• east
• west

America was first known as the ______________ to Europeans. 

• United States
• New World
• Atlanta
• Canada

What was the name of the trade route that Columbus established from America to Europe?

• the Silk Road
• the St. Lawrence Shuttle
• the Columbian Exchange 
• the Polo Express

Which of the following were Spanish conquistadors Fransico Pizarro and Hernan Cortes NOT looking for in the New World?

• wealth
• gold
• fame
• fair trade

What is the Spanish word for conqueror?

• technology
• conquistador
• settlement
• circumnavigate

Explorers were able to conquer the natives of the New World because they had better

• housing

• weapons

• technology

This country explored around the coastline to find the new world.

• England

• Germany

• Portuguese

This country explored around the coast and land in search of the New World.

• Canada

• Germany

• Spain