Explorers

What was the economical motivation for exploration?

• Countries wanted to become the richest $$$

• Countries competed to explore and claim more land.

• Explorers were able to travel farther because of new inventions and new scientific information.

What was the political motivation for exploration?

• Countries wanted to become the richest $$$

• Countries competed to explore and claim more land.

• Explorers were able to travel farther because of new inventions and new scientific information.

What was the technological motivation for exploration?

• Countries wanted to become the richest $$$

• Countries competed to explore and claim more land.

• Explorers were able to travel farther because of new inventions and new scientific information.

Which explorer was the first to sail all the way around the world?

• Hernando De Soto

• Robert La Salle

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

Which explorer was from Greenland?

• Christopher Columbus

• Leif Eriksson

• Henry Hudson

• Robert La Salle

Which explorer claimed lands in present-day United States and named it Louisiana?

• Leif Eriksson

• Henry Hudson

• Christopher Columbus

• Robert La Salle

Which country was John Cabot exploring for?

• England

• Spain

• North America

• France

Which explorer sailed for the Netherlands and for England?

• Leif Eriksson

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• Ferdinand Magellan

Who was a Spanish conquistador?

• John Cabot

• Hernando de Soto

• Leif Eriksson

What is cartography?

• instrument to calculate latitude using the horizon

• study of map making

• instrument for direction

• improvement on ships