Explorer Review

What was the main reason Columbus sailed west from Europe?

• to find a direct water route to Asia

• to spread religion

• to kill Indians

• to spread disease

What did Jacques Cartier discover?

• Pacific Ocean

• Mexico

• Florida

• The Saint Lawrence River

What was Balboa's greatest accomplishment?

• he found a Northwest Passage to Asia

• he discovered the United States

• he discovered the Arctic Circle

• He was the first European to see the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean

What country did John Cabot discover?

• Hispaniola

• Canada

• United States

• Mexico

Which is NOT an obstacle that explorers faced?

• bad weather

• frozen ice

• jungle and rough terrain

• Northwest Passage

What is NOT an obstacle that explorers faced?

• encounters with Native Americans

• lack of food

• frozen ice

• passage to Asia

This explorer has a bay, a strait and a river named for him?

• Ponce de Leon

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson

Which of the following is one of the reasons that there was conflict between European settlers and Native Americans in North America?

• The Native Americans were developing a plot to invade Europe

• The Native Americans wanted the Europeans to practice Native American religions

• European settlers would not agree to the rules by the Native American legal system

• European settlers were moving onto land that had belonged to the Native Americans

Which is NOT a way in which European exploration affected Native Americans?

• Explorers brought diseases from overseas and spread them

• the Native Americans often died from European diseases

• the Native Americans died from attacks by the explorers

• frozen ice

Which is NOT how European exploration affected Native Americans?

• Explorers took over Native American land and sometimes their cutlure

• the Native Americans died by attacks from Europeans

• Explorers brought over diseases from overseas and spread them

• to find a passage way to Asia