Week 10 Early Explorers Visit California

A Spanish title of honor that means, "one who conquers"

• conquistador

• Juan Cabrillo

• Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

• Captain James Cook

The explorer that made extremely accurate maps of the California coast was _____________________________.

• Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

• Sebastian Vizcaino

• Vitus Bering

• Hernan Cortes

_______________ led the defeat of Montezuma II and the Aztec people.

• Sir Francis Drake

• Sebastian Vizcaino

• Hernan Cortes

• Vitus Bering

The English explorer who mapped the North American coast from California all the way to the Bering Strait was _____________.

• Captain James Cook

• Juan Cabrillo

• Hernan Cortes

• Vitus Bering

Spanish soldier and explorer who discovered California in 1542 was _________.

• Hernan Cortez

• Captain James Hook

• Sir Francis Drake

• Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

First Captain to sail his own ship all the way around the world was _____________.

• Sir Francis Drake

• Captain James Hook

• Hernan Cortez

• Vitus Bering

__________________ discovered a narrow strait connecting the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

• Hernan Cortes

• James Cook

• Vitus Bering

• Sir Francis Drake