European Explorers

How did European explorers hope to get rich in North America?

• by discovering sources of gold and silver

• by getting jobs in America Indian cities

• by learning skills from American Indians

• by finding new foods to grow in Europe

What are the "Three Gs", the reasons that many Europeans explored the Americas?

• germs

• glory

• God

• gold

• greed

What did Vasco Nunez de Balboa accomplish during his voyage to the isthmus of Panama?

• he became the first European to explore South America

• he became the first European to explore North America

• He became the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean

• he became the first European to reach the Atlantic Ocean

What caused John Cabot to stop searching for the Northwest passage and turn back?

• hot weather and large storms

• cold weather and frozen seas

• the wide Mississippi River

• the tall Rocky Mountains

Why was it difficult for early European explorers to plan their journeys to the Americas?

• They had to pay for their ships and supplies by themselves

• they could not build big enough ships to hold all of their supplies

• they did not have maps that could show them where to go

• they did not have the skills needed to find food on their voyages

What caused the most conflict between early European settlers and American Indians in North America?

• they refused to trade with each other

• American Indians had better technology

• settlers introduced new wildlife to the area

• they had different ideas about land ownership

Amira and her brother are taking a boat tour of the St. Lawrence River in Canada. How is their tour connected to the journeys of early explorers of North America?

• they are traveling on a river discovered by Jacques Cartier

• they are traveling in a country discovered by Hernando de Soto

• they are traveling on a river discovered by Christopher Columbus

• they are traveling in a country discovered by Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Which country paid for the explorer's journey's to North America?

• England

• France

• the Netherlands

• Spain

What caused the most conflict between early European settlers and American Indians in North America?

• They refused to trade with each other

• American Indians had better technology

• Settlers introduced new wildlife to the area

• They had different ideas about land ownership

Amira and her brother are taking a boat tour of the St. Lawrence River in Canada. How is their tour connected to the journeys of early explorers of North America?

• they are traveling on a river discovered by Jacques Cartier

• they are traveling in a country discovered by Hernando de Soto

• they are traveling on a river discovered by Christopher Columbus

• they are traveling in a country discovered by Vasco Nunez de Balboa