Explores

I sailed down the Mississippi River and claimed the surrounding land for France.

• Pineda         
• La Salle
• Coronado   
• Cortes

John Cabot sailed for which country?

• Spain
• France
• England
• Portugal

John Cabot was originally from which country?

• France
• Italy
• Germany
• Scotland

Who sponsored Christopher Columbus and Juan Ponce de Leon?

• England
• Spain
• France
• Germany

Where did Christopher Columbus land?

• Jamestown, Virginia
• Quebec, Canada
• St. Augustine, Florida
• San Salvador, Bahamas

Where did Jacques Cartier land?

• Jamestown, Virginia
• Quebec, Canada
• St. Augustine, Florida
• San Salvador, Bahamas

Three motivations for European explorers: God, Gold, and ______.

• Grace
• Glory
• Greed
• Glaciers

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He was born in Italy and sponsored by Spain. He landed in the Bahamas and thought he was in Asia.

• Columbus
• Balboa
• Cabot
• Hudson

He was sponsored by France and discovered the St. Lawrence River.

• Cabot
• Columbus
• Cartier

He was sponsored by Denmark  and discovered Hudson Bay and New York.

• Henry Hudson
• Jacques Cartier
• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Hernando De Soto