Studies Weekly Week 10 4th CA

Sebastián Vizcaíno sailed the southern California coast from 1602-1603 and is credited with naming San Diego and other landmarks. He is also remembered for _______________.

• discovering Hawaii and forming alliances with the native tribes

• visiting Easter Island and conquering the indigenous people

• sailing up the Rio Grande and creating a settlement

• producing accurate maps used by sailors for over one hundred years

This Spanish soldier discovered California in 1542, while sailing up the coast to find a trading port for ships traveling across the Pacific to Asia. Who was he?

• Hernán Cortés

• Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ponce de Leon

Conquistadors were Spanish soldiers who ____________________________.

• explored new lands

• conquered native inhabitants

• settled the land for future countryman

• all of the above

San Diego was an ideal bay for Cabrillo’s fleet because it _________________________.

• deep enough for large boats

• shallow enough for the men to walk in on foot

• protected from violent storms

Captain James Cook was an English explorer, navigator and mapmaker who ________________________.

• explored many of the Pacific islands, including Hawaii and Easter Island

• found a water passage near the tip of South America to go from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans

• sailed around the tip of Africa to reach Asia

• built his own ships

Sir Francis Drake was an English explorer who was the first person to __________________.

• sail around the world on his own boat

• draft an accurate map of the Pacific Ocean and its islands

• sail for the Queen of England

• be buried at sea

Hernán Cortés took advantage of the Aztec of Mexico by __________________________.

• paying huge amounts of gold to the chief

• allowing them to mistake him for Quetzalcoatl, a returning god

• ambushing them at night while the tribe was asleep

• sneaking in undetected using underwater breathing tools

This man was hired by Russia to explore northern Siberia and discovered a small opening of water between Russian and present-day Alaska. Who was he?

• Captain James Cook

• Sir Francis Drake

• Vitus Bering

• John Cabot