Lesson 5 - Routes of Exploration

Even though American Indians had lived there for thousands of years, Europeans called the Americas the ...

• Explorers
• Age of Exploration
• New World

Spanish explorers, they tried to claim land for their country Spain.

• Northwest Passage
• Contagious Diseases
• Conquistadors

He was sponsored by Denmark  and discovered Hudson Bay and New York.

• Henry Hudson
• Jacques Cartier
• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Hernando De Soto

He is known for discovering America, but did not really do that!

• Hudson
• Columbus
• Cabot
• Balboa

What did Cartier and Hudson search for in North America?

• The Fountain of Youth

• The Seven Cities of Gold

• The Northwest Passage

• Africa

What happened during Hudson’s last voyage?

• He found the Northwest Passage

• His crew mutinied and left him adrift at sea

• He returned to England

• He found Asia

What was one of Henry Hudson's obstacles?

• poisoned food
• sinking ship
• stormy weather
• cold weather

The Spanish explorers wanted to _____________.

• find wealth

• claim land

• spread Christianity

• all of the above

I looked for the Fountain of Youth and gold.

• Henry Hudson
• Jacques Cartier
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Christopher Columbus

Europeans needed a new sea route to Asia because they wanted _______________ from India. 

• horses and cows
• sugar cane
• maps and boats
• silk and spices