Explorers of North America Chapter 2

What is the title of chapter 2?

• A Trade Route to Asia

• The Silk Road to China

• We've Found Asia! Or Have We?

• Christopher Columbus's Route

What is the visual element on page 10?

• painting

• illustration

• photograph

What did the Europeans bring back from Asia to Europe to sell?

• Silk

• Corn

• Spices

• Fur

European traders had to travel over ______ land to reach Asia.

On October 12th, Columbus thought he reached Asia, when instead he reached what we now call

• The USA

• The Bahamas

• China

• India

When did Columbus reach land in 1942?

• August 3rd

• May 29th

• October 12

• December 17th

5 years after Columbus, this explorer also tried to sail west to find a route to Asia.

• Amerigo Vespucci

• John Cabot

• Lewis & Clark

• Leif Erikson

What is the visual element on page 14?

• photograph

• illustration

• painting

What happened to Cabot and his crew?

• They were successful in their route.

• They landed in India.

• No one knows.

• They made it to the Bahamas.

What does the text say the traders used to carry goods from Asia to the Mediterranean Sea?

• camels

• horses

• cows

• pigs