SS7 explorer review Part I

What were European explorers seeking?

• Route to find the Mongol Empire.

• Asian spices and silk.

• American furs and fish.

• A passage to Britain and France.

Landed in the Caribbean and claimed area for Spain.

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Vikings

• Jacques Cartier

First known European to land in the Americas. Stayed for only a short time around the year 1000.

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Vikings

Italian sailor led an English expedition. Landed in Newfoundland and claimed it for Britain.

• Giovanni de Verrazano

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

French King ordered this explorer to find a passage through North America.

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Giovanni de Verazzano

• Samuel de Champlaine

King of France ordered this Italian explorer to "connect the dots". Did the land claimed by Britain in the north connect do the land Spain claimed in the south?

• Giovanni Caboto

• Giovanni da Verrazano

• Jacques Cartier

• Christopher Columbus

Kidnapped people of the Stadacona, who were located at present day Quebec City.

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Givanni Caboto

This explorer returned to Britain with news of seas full of fish off the coast of North America.

• Samuel de Champlain

• Jacques Cartier

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

Sailed up the St. Lawrence River to Hochelaga, called it Mount Royal (Montreal).

• John Cabot

• Samuel de Champlain

• Jacques Cartier

• Christopher Columbus

Put up a cross on the Gaspe Peninsula, claiming land for France.

• Vikings

• Jacques Cartier

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot