European Explorers

What does "navigation" mean?

• map making

• A Spanish conqueror

• process of finding your way to a place

• compass rose

What is "cartography"

• map making

• process of finding your way to a place

• Spanish conqueror

• compass rose

What was Christopher Columbus' goal for his expedition?

• to become famous

• to find a faster sea route to Asia

• to meet Native Americans

• to find America

In the year of _______ Christopher Columbus believed he had reached Asia.

What is a Conquistador?

• a horse

• a Native American

• a noble Spanish family

• leaders in the Spanish Conquest to America

Vasco Nunez de Balboa was the first European Explorer to see the _______ Ocean.

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• Northern

• Southern

Vasco Nunez de Balboa led a brutal journey through the jungles in present day ______________.

Hernando De Soto spent three years in what American state?

• Georgia

• Florida

• California

• South Carolina

What country funded (or paid for) Hernando de Soto's explorations?

• Scotland

• England

• Spain

• Italy

Hernando de Soto became the first European to cross the _____________ River.