S.S. Week 3: Exploration

Christopher Columbus

• explored present-day Florida

• explored present-day Canada and claimed its land for France

• regarded as the first European explorer to reach the Americas

• landed on the island we know today as Manhattan, New York

Jacques Cartier

• regarded as the first European explorer to reach the Americas

• landed on the island we know today as Manhattan, New York

• explored present-day Florida

• explored present-day Canada and claimed its land for France

Juan Ponce de León

• explored present-day Florida

• landed on the island we know today as Manhattan, New York

• explored areas along the Canadian coast, such as Newfoundland and Nova Scotia

• explored the Northeastern part of North America and brought settlers to Canada

Henry Hudson

• explored present-day Florida

• landed on the island we know today as Manhattan, New York

• explored the Northeastern part of North America and brought settlers to Canada

• explored the Northeastern part of North America and brought settlers to Canada

John Cabot

• explored present-day Florida

• landed on the island we know today as Manhattan, New York

• explored the Northeastern part of North America and brought settlers to Canada

• explored areas along the Canadian coast, such as Newfoundland and Nova Scotia

Samuel de Champlain

• explored present-day Canada and claimed its land for France

• explored the Northeastern part of North America and brought settlers to Canada

• explored areas along the Canadian coast, such as Newfoundland and Nova Scotia

• explored present-day Florida

Robert de La Salle

• explored the Great Lakes and established trading posts along the Mississippi River

• explored areas along the Canadian coast, such as Newfoundland and Nova Scotia

• regarded as the first European explorer to reach the Americas

• explored present-day Florida

Explorers searched for gold and other precious metals that they could send back to __________.

• South America

• Russia

• Europe

• Africa

______ was very important to many countries, and some explorers wanted to bring their beliefs to the people of the Americas.

• Courage

• Land

• Money

• Religion

_____ is using the sun, moon, and stars to find a location.

• Quadrant navigation

• Sextant navigation

• Celestial navigation

• Astrolabe navigation