Early Explorers

This explorer was the first to reach the Pacific Ocean. He was the first to see it.

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Amerigo Vespuci

• John Cabot

What nation sponsored Columbus´s expedition in 1492?

• Spain
• France
• Italy
• England

He explored the St. Lawrence River up to Montreal for France

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Hernan Cortez

• Sir Francis Drake

The European explorers were searching for a shorter route to ___.

• America
• Asia
• Africa

I set sail in 1492 in search for a quick way to Asia

and started the Age of Exploration.

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• Hernando de Soto

• Jacques Cartier

What are the "Three Gs," the reasons that many Europeans explored the Americas?

• God, Goofy, and Liberty

• Greed, Gold, and Spain

• Goofy, Glory, and Greed

• God, Gold, and Glory

Which country paid for Hernando De Soto's journeys to North America?

• France

• England

• Africa

• Spain

I discovered the Hudson River but was abandoned by my crew.

• John Cabot

• Hernando de Soto

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson

What is an "explorer"?

• A Native American tribe

• The name of an important ship

• A person who travels looking for new lands

• Someone who hunts

I wanted to find a quicker route to Asia than Columbus by traveling further North.

• John Cabot

• Hernando de Soto

• Jacques Cartier

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa