Exploration 1

A Portugese sailor who was the first European to sail around southern Africa, Cape of Good Hope, to the Indian Ocean.

• Vasco de Gama

• Cortes

• Columbus

• Magellan

The reason that Europe first began exploring was to find a sea route from Europe to where?

• Asia

• Antartica

• Africa

• North America

This explorer mistakenly discovered the America's in 1492, trying to find a faster sea route to India?

• Hudson

• Columbus

• Magellan

• Cortes

What reason did Europeans go exploring?

• To convert people to Christianity

• To become wealthy by finding gold

• To become famous

• All of the above

Francisco Pizarro

• conquered the Aztec empire in present day Mexico.
• conquered the Incan empire in present day Peru.
• conquered the Cherokee nation in present day Georgia.
• conquered a big ole banana split after dinner.

He was the conquistador who defeated the Aztec Empire

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Hernando de Soto

• Hernan Cortez

This was the first leader of the first expedition to sail around the globe.

• Cortes
• Pizzaro
• Balboa
• Magellen

Whose famous journey does this map show?

• Magellan
• de Gama
• Dias
• Cartier

Whose route is shown in this map?

• Magellan
• de Gama
• Columbus
• Dias

First Englishman to sail around globe

• Francisco Pizarro 
• Vasco da gama 
• Sir Francis Drake 
• Bartolomeu Dias