Unit 3 Social Studies Review

Which SPANISH explorer discovered the Mississippi River?

• John Cabot

• Hernando De Soto

• Christopher Columbus

• Jacques Cartier

Which explorer has a harbor and and river named after him in the state New York?

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

Where did Colmbus really land when he thought he landed in Asia?

• Jamaica

• Carribean

• Europe

• Africa

Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Who was the "Great Admiral"?

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• Jacques Cartier

Which explorer discovered the St. Lawrence River?

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Which IS NOT a hardship an explorer may have faced?

• Storms

• Hunger

• Riches

• Bad Maps

Explorers risked getting lost at sea.

• true

• false

The explorers were always nice to the Native Americans.

• True

• False