European Explorers

Which explorer led an expedition to America and laid claim to the Hudson River?

• Christopher Columbus
• Henry Hudson
• Hernando  De Soto
• Vasco Balboa

Which European explorer led three expeditions along the St. Lawrence River?

• John Cabot
• Jacques Cartier
• Henry Hudson
• Juan Ponce de Leon

Which explorer was known for making connections between Europeans and Americas?

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Jacques Cartier

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernando de Soto

What was the reason the Spanish wanted to explore?

• to find gold and spread Christianity
• to develop a profitable fur trade
• to colonize and grow cash crops
• trade for technology and manufactured

What were the major conflicts between the American Indians and the explorers

• money and power

• fame

• land/property ownership

• All answer choices

Even though American Indians had lived there for thousands of years, Europeans called the Americas the ...

• Explorers
• Age of Exploration
• New World

Europeans wanted to explore new lands to convert native people to Christianity and to claim land. 

• True
• False

These artifacts were the most valuable items explorers brought from the New World to Europe.

• Bible
• Flag
• Gold & Silver
• Tomatoes

Explorers used these drawings of bodies of land and water to help them reach new lands.

• Tobacco

• Astrolabe

• Compass

• Maps

Explorers used this to determine the direction they were sailing, even in fog or total darkness.

• Tobacco
• Astrolabe
• Compass
• Maps