New World Explorers

The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to

• Africa.

• America.

• Asia.

• Europe.

Explorers hoped to find a Northwest Passage that would lead them

• across the ice of the the North Pole.

• down the entire length of the Mississippi River.

• through North America to Asia.

• into the interior where they could find gold.

Juan Ponce de Leon looked for

• the Seven Cities of Gold

• a shortcut to Asia.

• a site for a mansion

• the "fountain of youth"

Hernan Cortes fought against

• the Aztecs in Mexico.

• the Seminoles in Florida.

• the Incas in South America.

• the Mayas in Central America.

Which man explored what is now the southwestern United States?

• Cartier

• Coronado

• Cabot

• Hudson

Which river did La Salle explore?

• Colorado

• Hudson

• Mississippi

• Rio Grande

Henry Hudson's first voyage gave which country a claim in North America?

• England

• Spain

• France

• Holland

On his first voyage in 1609, Henry Hudson said up a river now named

• the Mississippi River

• the Henry River

• the Hudson River

• the Rio Grande

Tried to find Northeast Passage, but found ice instead.

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• Amerigo Vespucci

Led a military expedition to Mexico in 1519.

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortez

• Vasco de Gama