European Exploration

___________ was the first European to reach America in 1492, he had 3 ships on his voyage: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• Amerigo Vespucci

Europeans were trying to find a water route to __________________, they thought that this would make their country rich with its silk, spices, and treasures. 

• Asia
• America
• Antartica
• Australia

America was first known as the ______________ to Europeans. 

• United States
• New World
• Atlanta
• Canada

What is the Spanish word for conqueror?

• technology
• conquistador
• settlement
• circumnavigate

What word means to travel completely around something?

• technology
• conquistador
• settlement
• circumnavigate

I was looking for the Fountain of Youth in 1593. I never found it, but did discover present day Florida for Spain. 

• Henry Hudson
• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• Juan Ponce de Leon

Which European countries were competing to control spice trade?

• United States, France, and England

• Spain, France, and England

• Mexico, England, and France

• Mexico, United States, and Canada

Word connected to looking for or searching -

• Sponsoring

• Navigating

• Colonizing

• Exploring

How many of Magellan's ships returned to Spain at the end of the voyage?

• one
• five
• two
• zero

Magellan's expedition took about _________ years to complete.

• one year

• five years

• three years

• six months