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European Explorers

Authored by April Richards

Social Studies

5th - 6th Grade

European Explorers
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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

God

Glory

Gold

Grapes

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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.

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Italy

Spain

England

France

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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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

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