Explorers

I started a school for navigators and people who wanted to go out exploring.

• Columbus
• Prince Henry
• Polo
• Magellan

_____________ discovered the Gulf of St. Lawrence and explored over 1000 miles of the St. Lawrence River.

• John Cabot
• Jacques Cartier
• Vasco Nunea Balboa
• Christopher Columbus

_______________ was kicked off his boat by his crew and was never heard from again.

• John Cabot
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Henry Hudson
• Jacques Cartier

This explorer was looking for a way to go west from Europe to find Asia.  Instead he discovered a famous river and explored the area around NYC.  Who is it?

• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Columbus
• Henry Hudson

Which of the folowing is an obstacle faced by the early explorers?

• bad weather
• no maps
• ran out of supplies
• all of the above

I was the first person to finally realize that Columbus was NOT in Asia, but they had been in a new land. America was named after me.

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Marco Polo

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Ferdinand Magellan

I was truly the first person in the Americas. I arrived here with my Viking friends in the year 1000 AD.

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

• Leif Erickson

• John Cabot

Why did European rulers want to find a sea route to Asia?

• So they could control trade routes and make money.

• So they could be famous with other rulers.

• So they could get more land.

• They liked to sail their big boats.

Which explorer founded Quebec?

• La Salle

• Champlain

• Coronado

• Cabot

Which country did Samuel de Champlain work for?

• Spain

• England

• France