Chapter 5 - Early Explorers of the New World

Juan Ponce de León looked for

• the Seven Cities of Gold.

• a shortcut to Asia.

• a site for a mission.

• the fountain of youth.

How is a colony different from other places in which people settle?

• It was started many years ago.

• It is designed to be temporary.

• It is ruled by another country.

• It has a very simple way of life.

Which man explored what is now the southwestern United States?

• Cartier

• Coronado

• Cabot

• Hudson

Explorers hoped to find a Northwest Passage that would lead them

• across the ice of the North Pole.

• down the entire length of the Mississippi River.

• through North America to Asia.

• into the interior where they could find gold.

What was the first permanent European settlement in the United States?

• Fort Caroline

• Cibola

• St. Augustine

• San Salvador

Why did many American Indians die from contagious diseases?

• They were forced to work as slaves in the mines.

• They got tired of giving European settlers free food.

• They did not have the technology of gunpowder or swords.

• They were exposed for the first time to some kinds of sicknesses.

Why did the Spanish attack Fort Caroline?

• They were hoping that it would help them conquer Mexico.

• They did not want the French to challenge their rule in America.

• They wanted revenge for American Indian attacks on their fort.

• They hoped to discover a new route to the Pacific Ocean

Why did the rulers of Spain want a shorter route to the East Indies?

• to get silks and spices

• to practice fighting wars

• to study different cultures

• to send away their prisoners

King Philip II sent a man by the name of _____________ to remove the French threat in the New World.

• René Goulaine de Laudonniére

• Jean Ribault

• Pedro Menéndez de Avilés

• Christopher Columbus

Hernán Cortes fought against

• the Seminoles in Florida.

• the Incas in South America.

• the Aztecs in Mexico

• the Mayas in Central America.