European Explorers

What were the three reasons why Europeans started exploring new land? Click all the answers that apply.

• God

• Glory

• Gold

• Grapes

Did these explorers actually discover "New Land"?

• Yes, nobody was living on the land to begin with!

• No, there were already groups of people living on the land.

Trade between the Natives and the Europeans was a good thing. What were some bad things that came with the explorers settling on this new land? Click all the answers that apply!

• fighting over land.

• sickness/diseases.

• differences in what each group believed.

• not speaking the same language and not being able to communicate.

Christopher Columbus is the explorer that we hear about most often. Which country did he explore and establish colonies for?

• Italy

• Spain

• England

• France

John Cabot explored for England. In hopes to finding a faster way to Asia, he instead found new land to claim in _____________.

• Asia

• Africa

• United States

• Canada

Vasco Nunez de Balboa was an explorer for Spain. He sailed to Panama, hiked through the land, and eventually became the first explorer that reached this body of water: ____________.

• Gulf of Mexico

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

Jacques Cartier was a __________ explorer searching for a quicker way to Asia. The land he explored was in Canada. He went down the ____________________ River, and he established colonies for his country.

• French; Saint Lawrence

• Spanish; Rio Grande

• English; Mississippi

• French; Mississippi

Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto explored the southeast region of the U.S. As he explored, he was the first European to cross the _______________ River.

• Saint Lawrence

• Rio Grande

• Mississippi

• Missouri

Henry Hudson was from England, and he sailed for the Netherlands or the __________. As you can see on the map, he explored the east coast all the way up into Canada!

• American

• Spanish

• Dutch

Take a look at pages 137, 147, and 166 to see maps of the different explorers and their routes. Some were not covered in the video, but take a look at their voyages, too!

What are the names of the explorers above from pg. 166 that were not included in our video? Click two that answers.

• Samuel de Champlain

• Hernando de Soto

• John Cabot

• Giovanni da Verrazzano