Explorers in the New World

The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to

• Africa.

• America.

• Asia.

• Europe.

Which is best used for navigation?

• map

• flag

• Bible

• coin

The land masses of North America, Central America, and South America

• Canada

• Great Britian

• East Indies

• The Americas

What item symbolically claimed land for a country?

• coin

• flag

• Bible

• cash crop

What is one reason Europeans wanted to travel to America?

• to build wealth

• to conquer Indians

• to colonize France

• to find potatoes

Why did the rulers of Spain want a shorter route to the East Indies?

• to practice fighting wars

• to study a different culture

• to send away their prisoners

• to reach Asia faster for spices

Explorers hoped to find a Northwest Passage that would lead them

• across the ice of the the North Pole.

• down the entire length of the Mississippi River.

• through North America to Asia.

• into the interior where they could find gold.

Juan Ponce de Leon looked for

• the Seven Cities of Gold

• a shortcut to Asia.

• a site for a mansion

• the "fountain of youth"

Hernan Cortes fought against

• the Aztecs in Mexico.

• the Seminoles in Florida.

• the Incas in South America.

• the Mayas in Central America.

Which man explored what is now the southwestern United States?

• Cartier

• Coronado

• Cabot

• Hudson