3rd Grade (SS) European Explorers

European explorers were looking for a Western route to where?

• Africa

• Europe

• Asia

• Antartica

When Christopher Columbus reached land he called the inhabitants what?

• Indians

• Westerners

• Spanish

• Friends

Which European explorer was the first to 'discover' the Americas ?

• John Cabot

• Hernando de Soto

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

Who was the first European explorer to cross the Americas to the Pacific Ocean?

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Christopher Columbus

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson

Who was the first European explorer to see the Mississippi River?

• John Cabot

• Hernando de Soto

• Christopher Columbus

• Jacques Cartier

Why did so many of the European explorers get lost or think they had fond Asia when they had not?

• Explorers refused to stop and ask for directions

• Some explorers created new maps

• Explorers did not have maps for the area

• New maps were useful for later expeditions mpmapm

What was John Cabot looking for?

• His lost cell phone

• The north-west passage to Asia

• A faster way to South America

• Native Americans to convert to Christianity

Which explorer has more water named after him on the planet than anyone else?

• Henry Hudson

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Hernando de Soto

Who was the first European explorer to sail up the St Lawrence River?

• Henry Hudson

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Jacques Cartier

• Christopher Columbus