Explorers Progress Assessment II Study Guide

What is Vasco Nunes de Balboa credited with discovering?

• The Caribbean

• The New World

• The Mississippi River

• The Pacific Ocean

Who sponsored Balboa's voyages?

• Italy

• France

• Spain

What obstacles or challenges did Balboa face?

• cold temperatures

• jungles and mountains

• deserts

Fill in the blank: Balboa was a conquistador who ___________ with many Native Americans.

• danced

• fought

• watched tv

• laughed

Europeans and American Indians disagreed about ________ land.

• selling

• borrowing

• owning

• dividing

Who explored in region III?

• Columbus

• De Soto

• Balboa

Why did the numbers of Native Americans DECREASE during European exploration?

• Europeans brought diseases with them that killed many Native Americans

• The horses drove the Native Americans away.

• Native Americans were killed by buffalo.

Who explored in region IV?

• Columbus

• De Soto

• Cabot

What does a conquistador do?

• donate to charities

• conquer

• play board games

• drive trains

If this is a picture of Hernando de Soto, where would it MOST LIKELY be?

• Mississippi River

• Northwest Passage

• Asia

• Pacific Ocean