European Explorers Fifth Grade Test

What explorer led the first expedition up the St. Lawrence River?

• Jacques Cartier

• Christopher Columbus

• King Ferdinand

• Henry Hudson

What explorer was one of the first to claim part of North America for Spain?

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Vasco Nunez Balboa

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

What explorer claimed land for Holland

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Christopher Columbus

What explorer gave England a claim to North America?

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

• Queen Isabella

• Jacques Cartier

Which king and queen helped sponsor Christopher Columbus?

• King and Queen of Spain

• King and Queen of England

• King and Queen of Ireland

• King and Queen of North America

What explorer was the "first" to set sail west across the Atlantic to North America?

• Christopher Columbus

• Jacques Cartier

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Henry Hudson

On his last voyage, who set Henry Hudson adrift at sea?

• his crew

• his wife

• he himself

• pirates

Columbus, Cartier, and Hudson were all searching for the...

• Land route to China

• The cure for diseases

• The Northwest Passage

• The Compass Rose Passage

The first European explorer to see the Pacific Ocean was?

• Henry Hudson

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• John Cabot

• Juan Ponce de Leon

Juan Ponce de Leon was in search of the.....

• Fountain of Youth

• Northwest Passage

• Great Panama

• Cod-Fishing Area