Years of Discovery & Exploration

a merchant that traveled to China

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

• Vasco de Gama

• Leif Erikson

sailor who discovered the new world

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

• Vasco de Gama

• Leif Erikson

a Viking who was first to visit America

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

• Vasco de Gama

• Leif Erikson

an explorer who sailed around the tip of Africa to India

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

• Vasco de Gama

• Leif Erikson

the explorer who discovered Florida

• Christopher Columbus

• Leif Erikson

• Vasco de Balboa

• Juan Ponce de Leon

the explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco de Gama

• Vasco de Balboa

• Juan Ponce de Leon

the man America was named after

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Americo Velunez

• Amerike Vincent

• Queen Isabella

Columbus was trying to find _______.

• Asia and gold

• China and gold

• Oregon and gold

• Pacific Ocean and gold

Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs

• Hernando Cortes

• Hernando de Soto

• Jacques Cartier

• Samuel de Champlain

Spanish explorer who discovered the Mississippi River

• Hernando Cortes

• Hernando de Soto

• Jacques Cartier

• Samuel de Champlain