Other Nations Explore: Exploration of North America

Upon seeing the wealth gained by Spanish explorers, other European nations wanted to the same. Their goal was to...

• To search for gold

• To claim land for their home countries

• To establish trade routes with the Native Americans

• To find a shortcut to the riches of Asia

Why didn't European nations want to send explorers along Magellan's route?

• They were not interested in exploring new territories
• They believed that Magellan's route was already fully explored
• They were afraid of encountering dangerous sea creatures
• It was considered too dangerous and too long a journey.

Many believed they could reach Asia by sailing through or around North America along a route they decided to call the...

• Northwest Passage
• Central Passage
• Southwest Passage
• Northeast Passage

The search for the Northwest Passage began in the ​ (a)   and would last for ​ (b)   .

• 1500s
• hundreds of years
• 1700s
• thousands of years
• 1300s
• decades

Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano was sent by which country to try to find a Northwest Passage?

• Spain
• France
• England
• Portugal

Around which river did Jacques Cartier claim land for France?

• St. Lawrence River
• Nile River
• Amazon River
• Mississippi River

Why was Jaques Cartier unable to reach the Pacific Ocean?

• He got lost and couldn't find the way to the Pacific
• He was exploring the eastern coast of Canada and did not find a route through the continent to the Pacific.
• He encountered hostile natives who prevented him from reaching the Pacific
• He was afraid of the unknown and turned back before reaching the Pacific

By the 1600s, kings and queens of nations weren't the only ones paying for these expeditions.

________ also began to send explorers to try to find a Northwest Passage.

• Armies

• Trading companies

• The Catholic Church

• Scientists

What was the main goal of the European trading companies that sent explorers to North America?

• To claim new territories for their home countries

• To find a route to the Pacific Ocean

• To establish diplomatic relations with the Native Americans

• To establish trade routes for buying and reselling Asian goods

Which two countries hired Henry Hudson to try to find a Northwest Passage?

• Germany and Sweden
• Portugal and Italy
• England and Holland (the Netherlands)

• France and Spain