Early European Exploration Part 1

These people were the first known Europeans to reach America.

• Spanish

• Vikings

• Columbus

• Italians

Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand sponsored which Italian explorer to sail under the Spanish flag?

• John Cabot

• Ponce de Leon

• Christopher Columbus

• Sir Walter Raleigh

Christopher Columbus wanted to sail

• west

• south

• east

• north

Christopher Columbus did start the exchange of goods and ideas between the "old world" and the "new world".

• Columbian world

• Columbian Exchange

• Columbian Transfer

• Santa Maria

John Cabot sailed under the Italian Flag. He discovered Newfoundland in northern North America. This land was previously claimed and named

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• Vinland

• St. Augustine

Ponce de Leon explored North America and claimed Florida for Spain. He believed the land was "inhospitable swampland." However, years later, Pedro Menendez de Aviles returned and reclaimed the same land for Spain. He named the land

• Vikings

• Jamestown

• Quebec

• St. Augustine

Choose two items that were traded along the Silk Road.

• spice

• water

• rice

• disease

Christopher Columbus never reached the mainland of

• Asia.

• North America.

• South America.

• Australia.