European Exploration

Europe is a ______________ that includes countries like Spain, England, and France. 

• country
• city
• continent
• state

___________ 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

To get from Europe to America by traveling west, explorers had to cross the ______________ Ocean. 

• Indian
• Atlantic
• Pacific
• Artic

This man traveled completely around the world.

• Marco Polo
• Bartholomew Dias
• Ferdinand Megallen
• Vasco de Gama

The man proved Columbus wrong, and said that Columbus really landed in the New World not Asia like everyone thought. America is named after him. 

• Bartholomew Dias
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Marco Polo

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