6th Grade Identify the European Explorer

I discovered land off of the coast of present-day Canada and named it new-found-land. I claimed this land for England. Who am I?

• Giovanni Verrazano

• Robert LaSalle

• Bartholomeu Dias

• John Cabot

I traveled down the Mississippi River, reached the Gulf of Mexico, claimed the land for my King, later it became known as Louisiana. Who am I?

• Giovanni Verrazano

• Marquette and Joliet

• Robert LaSalle

• Samuel de Champlain

I successfully rounded the tip of Africa at a place I named the Cape of Storms and by doing this, I proved that there was an all-water route to Asia by traveling southward. Who am I?

• Vasco de Balboa

• Bartholomeu Dias

• Vasco de Gama

• Jacques Cartier

I sailed up the St. Lawrence River and settled a new colony for France named Mount Royale or later known as Montreal. Who am I?

• Samuel de Champlain

• Marquette and Joliet

• Jacques Cartier

• Ferdinand Magellan

I was the first person from Europe to sail into the New York Bay. Who am I?

• Giovanni Verrazano

• Vasco de Balboa

• Henry Hudson

• Hernando de Soto

Although I died in the Philiipines, my crew continued on and were the first Europeans to circumnavigate the globe.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando de Soto

• Robert LaSalle

• Bartolomeu Dias

I am an Italian explorer who sailed for Spain and wanted to find an all-water route to Asia by sailing westward. Instead, I found what became known as 'the Americas'. Who am I?

• John Cabot

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

The narrow passage of water where the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans meet is named after me. Who am I?

• Vasco de Balboa

• Robert LaSalle

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Louis Joliet

Based on a story from the Indians, this explorer left his colony in New Spain and went westward in search of a large body of water.

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco de Balboa

• Hernando de Soto

• Father Jacques Marquette

This explorer was looking for a northwest water passage to Asia. Because of his land claims, later the English began settling colonies in North America.

• Jacques Cartier

• Giovanni Verrazano

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot