English & French Explorers

Jacques Cartier claimed the region that is now ________ for France.

• United States
• Mexico
• Paraguay
• Canada

The English explorer whose crew left him adrift in Hudson Bay was __________.

• Henry Hudson
• Charlie Hudson
• Henry Huggins
• Henry Cabot

Robert La Salle explored the length of this body of water for France.

• Lake Champlain
• Mississippi River
• Hudson River
• New Orleans River

This English Explorer mapped Australia, New Zealand, and the Hawaiian Islands.

• James Cook

• Henry Hudson

• George de Soto

• Frank Dalton

Who was the first European to explore North America since the Vikings?

• Leif Erikson
• Amerigo Vespucci
• John Cabot
• Christopher Columbus

Who led the first English expedition to circumnavigate the world for Queen Elizabeth I?

• Vasco da Gama
• Sir Francis Drake
• Christopher Columbus
• Marco Polo

In the early 1600s, who mapped the Atlantic coast, the Great Lakes, & founded Quebec?

• Christopher Columbus
• John Smith
• Pocahontas
• Samuel de Champlain

What is the Northwest Passage?

• A river that flows through South America
• A sea route that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Arctic Ocean
• A sea rout that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans from the south.

• A mountain range in the western United States

Why did early sailors want to find a Northwest Passage?

• to establish a profitable trading rout to North America

• to find a faster rout to Africa

• to establish a profitable trading rout between Europe & Asia

• to find a way to circumnavigate the world

Which explorer explored the Hudson River & Hudson Bay while looking for the Northwest Passage for England?

• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco da Gama
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Henry Hudson