Europeans Explore New York

Choose all of the famous European Explorers.

• Verrazano

• de Champlain

• Armstrong

• Hudson

Which of the following explorers has 300 mile river named after him?

• Columbus

• Vasco de Gama

• Cartier

• Hudson

Did any of the explorers find the Northwest Passage?

• Yes

• No

Which two explorers traveled for France and explored Canada along the St. Lawrence River?

• Giovanni da Verrazano and Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson and Samuel de Champlain

• Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain

• Henry Hudson and Christopher Columbus

Who is a person who travels to new or unfamiliar places?

• profit

• Northwest Passage

• voyage

• explorer

What is a settlement far from the country that rules it?

• explorer

• trading post

• colony

• profit

What was a water route to Asia through North America?

• Columbian Exchange

• Northwest Passage

• explorer

• voyage

What did people do at trading posts?

• They exchanged European goods for furs.

• They searched for riches.

• They explored a water route to Asia.

• They cut down trees.

Which explorer traveled for France in 1608-09 and explored a lake that now has his name?

• Samuel de Champlain

• Henry Hudson

• Giovanni da Verrazano

• Jacques Cartier

What is a long journey?

• voyage

• colony

• explorer

• profit