Social Studies Chapter 2

What is an explorer?

• A little girl who says "Come on vamanos, everybody let's go!"

• A person who vacations in an unknown place to have an adventure.

• A person or people who travel to investigate an unknown place.

• A group of people who have moved somewhere new.

Why did they call North America "The New World"?

• They bought it from the Native Americans.

• Explorers hadn't been there before.

• Their world was old and boring.

• It hadn't been polluted yet.

Henry Hudson has many of these named after him:

• Towns

• Mountains

• Continents

• Bodies of water

Three things explorers were looking for were:

• God, glory and gold

• land, gold and fur

• gold, fur and land

• Trading, land and glory

European explorers were trying to find a passage to

• Japan

• China

• Singapore

• Europe

What did European explorers hope to find?

• Gold and spices

• Furs and gold

• money and friends

• a new place to stay

Which of these things happened first?

• in 1604, Champlain explored Nova Scotia.

• in 1603 Champlain sailed to North America,

• Young Samuel Champlain traveled with his uncle to the Caribbean and New Spain. He learned how to navigate.

• Champlain founded Quebec City.

Samuel de Champlain sailed on

• The Pacific Ocean

• The Mississippi River

• The Erie Canal and the Atlantic Ocean

• The St. Lawrence River and the Atlantic Ocean

What was Verrazano's voyage best remembered for?

• Naming a bridge.

• Exploring the Atlantic Ocean

• Establishing new sailing rules.

• Making maps

What were the obstacles faced by explorers?

• Poor boats, rough seas, untrained crew

• Bad maps, fear of the unknown, diseases

• Limited food, rough seas, small boats

• Leaky boats, no GPS, disease