Explorer Note Packet #2

An obstacle to exploration was was something that ?

• got in their way
• helped them survive
• made life easier for the Native Americans

Who established Quebec?

• Cabot
• Champlain
• Coronado
• LaSalle

I started a school for navigators and people who wanted to go out exploring.

• Columbus
• Prince Henry
• Polo
• Magellan

I believed I could read Asia by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492.  I asked the king and queen of Spain to pay for my journey.

• Cabot
• de Leon
• Columbus
• Cortes

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Which European country sponsored Christopher Columbus' voyages?

• England
• Mexico
• France
• Spain

What was the purpose of Columbus' expeditions?

• To find a shorter route to Asia by sailing west
• To claim land in Canada
• To explore the Hudson Bay
• None of the above

_______________ was kicked off his boat by his crew and was never heard from again.

• John Cabot
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Henry Hudson
• Jacques Cartier

This explorer was looking for a way to go west from Europe to find Asia.  Instead he discovered a famous river and explored the area around NYC.  Who is it?

• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Columbus
• Henry Hudson

Which of the folowing is an obstacle faced by the early explorers?

• bad weather
• no maps
• ran out of supplies
• all of the above

The explorer credited with the first voyage around the world despite his death in the Philippines was _______________.

• Sir Cumferance 
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Amerigo Vespucci