Early Explorers

Antonio Pigafetta's journal is an example of a ______________

• primary source

• piece of eight

• secondary source

• repose

Early Portuguese explorers were trying to find _____________

• a new place to live

• freedom from discrimination

• peaceful countries to become allies

• a new trade route to India

What year did Ferdinand Magellan leave for his trip?

• 1492

• 1500

• 1519

• 1497

Henry the Navigator sponsored ____________ to go exploring.

• navigators

• businessmen

• cartographers

• both A and C

Hernando de Soto discovered the _____________ River.

• Mississippi

• Colorado

• Missouri

• Columbia

Vasco da Gama used his knowledge of __________ to keep him and his crew from getting lost on their journey to India that created a spice trade route.

• cartography

• astronomy

• languages

• ships

Francisco Coronado found all of the following except ______

• Pueble Indians

• buffalo herds

• the Grand Canyon

• gold and silver

What is the mother lode?

• a small amount of treasure

• a large amount of treasure

• a small ship wreck

• a large museum

What country was Ferdinand Magellan from?

• The Netherlands

• Portugal

• England

• Spain

Why did Vasco da Gama sail to India?

• to find new spices and other goods in India

• to fight pirates

• to find a new home

• to prove the Earth was flat