Christopher Columbus & His Journey

In which century (time span) did MAJOR changes start happening for exploration and trade?

• 2000's

• 1700's

• 1400's

• 1800's

What OCEAN did the Europeans use to explore and travel on?

• Pacific Ocean

• Caribbean Sea

• Hudson River

• Atlantic Ocean

Which CONTINENT did the Europeans have a strong trade with?

• North America

• Asia

• Australia

• Spain

What was wrong with the route that the Europeans were ALREADY using to do their trade?

• It was too far away and took too long.

• It was too slow and the crops to be traded spoiled.

• There was a lot of traffic and the other country traded with someone else.

• It was slow and dangerous

Some Europeans thought there was A DIFFERENT way to get their trade done. They wanted to try this way because they thought it was...

• safer

• slower

• different

• faster

The NEW route the Europeans wanted to try would have them sail in which direction?

• north

• south

• east

• west

In what year did a special explorer try THE NEW ROUTE for travel and trade?

• 1400's

• 1492

• 2020

• 1609

What was the name of the special explorer who tried THE NEW ROUTE for travel and trade?

• Giovanni da Verrazano

• Henry Hudson

• The Duke of York

• Christopher Columbus

Which COUNTRY did this special explorer depart (leave) from?

• Spain

• New Netherlands

• Italy

• Europe

This special explorer was trying a new route, BUT was STILL trying to arrive in what place?

• Europe

• New Jersey

• Asia

• New York