History World Explorers

Match the following

• Fountain of Youth

• Florida is called

• lines that run from north to south pole

• longitude

• Native American cities in the southwest

• Ponce De Leon searched for

• Land of Flowers

• pueblos are

• narrow water channel

• A strait is..

Match the following

• an Englishman who explored for the Dutch

• Henry Hudson

• sailed around the world

• England's sailing ships were called

• Searched for the seven cities of Cibola

• Ferdinand Magellan

• privateers

• Turks

• conquered Constantinople

• Francisco Coronado

England's navy increased in power when they ​ ​ (a)  

• robbed Spanish ships
• bought more ships called galleons
• joined forces with the Spanish navy

Sir Walter Raleigh wanted to start a colony in ​ (a)  

• America
• Spain
• Greenland

Was Holland an important nation? ​ (a)  

• Yes
• no
• maybe

The Dutch owned islands off the coast of ​ (a)  

• Asia
• Spain
• England

Peter Minuit bought the island of ​ (a)  

• Manhattan
• Greenland
• Puerto Rico

The imaginary line half way between the north pole and south pole on the earth is called..

• hemisphere

• prime meridian

• equator

• latitude

An early missionary who travelled with Louis Joliet to America was ..

• Vasco de Gama

• Father Marquette

• Christopher Columbus

• Cartier

The Grand Banks of Canada were a great source of wealth for England due to their abundance of ...

• crops

• farm animals

• fish

• gold