Early Exploration

What group of Europeans reached North America 500 years before Columbus?

• Dutch
• Spanish
• Vikings
• Portuguese 

What new technology helped the explorers improve navigation in the 1400ś?

• compass
• astrolabe
• improved maps
• all of the choices

What nation sponsored Columbus´s expedition in 1492?

• Spain
• France
• Italy
• England

Why did Columbus sail west from Europe?

• to find his lost dog
• to find new lands
• to find the Northwest passage
• to find a faster route to Asia

Who was the leader of the first expedition around the world?

• Henry Hudson
• Columbus
• Cortes
• Magellan

What is a benefit of exploring?

• gold
• spread of religion
• new land and products
• all of the choices

Why was it difficult for people to travel across the oceans in the 1400s? 

• No electricity 
• Navigation tools were not accurate
• No one wanted to
• They already knew what was there

Where did La Salle explore?

• 13 colonies
• Texas 
• Louisiana 
• Florida

His name was eventually used in naming the continents North and South America. He was the man who finally figured out they were not in Asia. He sailed down the coast of South America.

• John Cabot

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

He was credited with finding America, but really didn't land in America. Wanted to find the East by sailing West. He was in search of finding Asia.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Marco Polo