Early Explorers

Why did explorers travel to California's coast? CHOOSE TWO

• To set up trading areas

• To find foods.

• To claim new lands for their country

• To search for gold and minerals.

What THREE countries sent explorers to search for new lands?

• Russia

• Canada

• Spain

• England

• France

A written agreement is called a _________

• tax

• deal

• declaration

• treaty

Why was the Bering Strait an important discovery?

• It was shallow water for ships.

• It was a safe place to stop on the coast.

• It had many caves to explore.

• It made travel between oceans safer and faster.

Why did Magellan want to take a different route than the explorers before him?

• He thought it would be smarter to set up colonies on the way.
• He thought it may be shorter to sail around the world to the west.
• The winds just blew him the wrong direction.
• Magellan didn't trust the records and experience of the other sailors.

The Indian tribes traded __________ with the Europeans for weapons.

• fur and animal skins

• beads

• oyster shells

• stories

To go all the way around the Earth is to __________.

• circumnavigate
• equate
• latitudinate
• circulate

Why did Alanzo de Pinto Alverez come to Mobile Bay?

• to explore

• to find gold

• to party

• to marry a French Girl

This explorer made maps of the California coast that were used by others until 1790.

• Juan Cabrillo

• Captain James Cook

• Sebastian Vizcaino

• Vitus Bering

Da Gama's knowledge of _____________ helped keep him and his crew from getting lost.

• astronomy
• compasses
• ancient civilizations
• spices