European Exploration

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

_______________ was the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean in 1513.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• Henry Hudson

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

This man traveled completely around the world.

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

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

What word means to travel completely around something?

• technology
• conquistador
• settlement
• circumnavigate

I was looking for the Northwest Passage in 1534. On my journey, I sailed down the Saint Lawrence River. 

• Henry Hudson
• John Cabot
• Jacques Cartier
• Christopher Columbus

Created a school for exploration, sailing and map reading

• Prince Henry
• Christopher Colombus
• Leif Eriksson
• Vasco de Gama