European Exploration

Ferdinand and Isabella paid for his voyage to the "new world"

• Prince Henry
• Christopher Columbus
• Leif Eriksson
• Vasco de Gama

Where Columbus first landed...

• Puerto Rico

• San Salvidor

• Cuba

• Dominican Republic

___________ was the first European to reach America in 1492, he had 3 ships on his voyage: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• Amerigo Vespucci

_______________ reached America in 1497. He landed in what is now Canada on the east coast of North America, and is credited with finding a good fishing spot that made England money.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Amerigo Vespucci

Europeans were trying to find a water route to __________________, they thought that this would make their country rich with its silk, spices, and treasures. 

• Asia
• America
• Antartica
• Australia

Columbus went _____________ from Europe to try to reach Asia. 

• north
• south
• east
• west

America was first known as the ______________ to Europeans. 

• United States
• New World
• Atlanta
• Canada

To get from Europe to America by traveling west, explorers had to cross the ______________ Ocean. 

• Indian
• Atlantic
• Pacific
• Artic

Who is credited with discovering the Americas?

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Columbus
• Francissco Pizzario
• Hernan Cortes

Which of these was NOT a name of Christopher Columbus' ships?

• Nina
• Pinta
• San Antonio
• Santa Maria