European Explorers

1. Which explorer was looking for the Fountain of Youth?

• Henry Hudson

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernando de Soto

Which explorer helped France get rich with the fur trade?

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

Which explorer has a river and a bay in present-day New York named after them?

• Henry Hudson

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

Select two reasons people explored

• to find new land and passages

• find gold

• to make friends with the Native Americans

What were two common obstacles to explorers?

• lack of food

• uncharted waters

• they got lost

How were some Native Americans and Explorers able to work together? (choose 3)

• share resources

• trading goods

• teaching each other how to speak their language

• have campfires

Select the three southeastern states that Hernando de Soto explored.

• Alabama

• Florida

• Georgia

• Nebraska

What were some of the challenges/obstacles that early explorers faced?

• crew mutinied in cold weather

• frightened crew

• too many pizza parties

• caught diseases

Where did Columbus really land when he thought he was in Asia?

• Caribbean / San Salvador

• New York

• Bahamas

• McDonalds

Why were American Indians considered to be an obstacle? (choose 2)

• They wouldn't share their food

• American Indians had diseases

• American Indians were upset about their land being taken

• They tried fighting them