European Explorers

This Spanish explorer helped Pizarro, another Spanish explorer, conquer the Incas Empire in Peru (South America). This explorer also was the first European explorer to see and cross the Mississippi River around 1542.

• Magellan

• Cortes

• De Soto

• Ponce de Leon

This Spanish explorer is known for crossing the isthmus of Panama and being the 1st European explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean.

• Balboa

• Columbus

• Vespucci

• Cortes

Champlain founded Quebec, Canada and Lake Champlain around current-day New York. He cooperated with the Huron and Algonquin Native Americans. Which European country SPONSORED Champlain?

• Spain

• England

• Portugal

• France

Who named the Pacific Ocean (which means "peaceful sea")? This explorer was the first European to sail west around the world, although only his ship returned to Europe without him.

• Cartier

• Cabot

• Cortes

• Magellan

What would be the best title for this diagram/list:

____________________________

*To Find gold, spice, and silks

*To find a Northwest Passage to China

*To spread Christianity

• Cultural Contributions of European Explorers

• Discovery of a Northwest Passage

• The Next Disney Movie

• Motives/Reasons for European Exploration

• Effects/Outcomes of European Exploration

Which one of these is a PRIMARY SOURCE that helps people better UNDERSTAND the AGE of EUROPEAN EXPLORATION?

• Information from textbooks

• Journals/logs written by explorers

• Google Earth

• Fifth Grader's research report on a European explorer

Artifacts are objects left behind by humans. Scientists and historians study artifacts to ___?

• create museum displays

• learn about earlier people

• predict the future

• make movies

Amerigo Vespucci gathered information from his voyages to conclude that:

• The Northwest Passage didn't exist

• The Aztecs controlled the Seven Cities of Cibola

• Christopher Columbus had NOT reached Asia but had found new continents

• The Vikings had not reached the Americas.

Which of these was NOT an impact on Native Americans by European explorations and settlements in the Americas?

• Many Native Americans died from diseases or attacks.

• Many Native Americans lost much of their land.

• Many Native Americans were forced into slavery.

• Many Native Americans' lives improved greatly.

Which of the following was NOT an effect caused by explorers in North America?

• Land was claimed for European countries.

• The United States immediately became a country.

• Many Native Americans were mistreated.

• Contagious diseases spread among Native Americans.