Explorers Review

Henry the Navigator financed many expeditions for Portugal

• True
• False

This person was one of few famous French explorers

• Cartier 
• Chris Columbus
• King Louis 
• France did not explore during this time. 

Who died in the Philippines while sailing around the world? 

• de Gama
• Mr. Boice
• Magellan 
• Hudson

What major waterways did Henry Hudson discover?

• Lake Wylie, Lake Norman, Hudson Bay 
• Hudson Bay, Hudson Lake, Hudson River 
• Hudson Bay, Hudson River, Hudson Strait 
• Hudson Ocean, Mississippi River, Lake Norman 

Cortes is known for brutally taking over the Aztec empire.

• True
• False

What was the name of the men who sailed ships across the oceans in search of new lands?

• The Horrible Men
• Columbians
• Soliders 
• Explorers

The Northwest Passage is a term given for:

• The Panama Canal 
• The name for a ticket for passage to the New World 
• The continent discovered by Christopher Columbus 
• A way around or through the American continent 

John Cabot was a(n):

• An explorer who explored North America for England. 
• Spanish explorer who explored Africa 
• Portuguese explorer who explored South America 
• King of England during the Age of Exploration

In which part of the Americas were the Incas located?

• Hisponiola 
• The Yucatan Peninsula 
• Guatemala 
• South America 

Ferdinand Magellan's crew was the first to sail around the world. This is known as what? 

• Northwest Passage 
• Compass
• Mercantilism 
• Circumnavigation