Explorers

Portuguese explorer that rounded the Cape of Good Hope at the Southern tip of Africa.

• Vasco da Gama

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain. He was also responsible for spreading catholicism to the natives of the New World.

• Christopher Columbus

• Batholomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

First to cross the Pacific Ocean and circumnavigate the world.

• Christopher Columbus

• Sir Francis Drake

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando Cortez

Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and built Mexico City.

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Hernando Cortez

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

A mapmaker and explorer who said that America was a new continent, so America was named after him.

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Prince Henry

• Hernando de Soto

• Juan Ponce de Leon

An English explorer who explored for the Dutch. He claimed the Hudson River around present day New York and called it New Netherland. He also had the Hudson Bay named for him.

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Prince Henry

• Henry Hudson

• Juan Ponce de Leon

Who sailed from England to Canada?

• Columbus
• Cabot
• Cartier
• Hudson

What was Ponce De Leon's purpose for exploring? 

• To find Christopher Columbus and his crew.
• To find the Pacific ocean
• To find India and a quicker route to the New World.
• To find gold and the Fountain of Youth

What group was conquered by Cortes

• Maya

• Inca

• Anasazi

• Aztecs

What is Francisco Pizarro most known for?

• Exploring the South Pacific Ocean
• Founding the island of Hispaniola
• Conquering the Inca Empire
• Being the first Spanish conquistador