Early Exploration

What group of Europeans reached North America 500 years before Columbus?

• Dutch
• Spanish
• Vikings
• Portuguese 

What new technology helped the explorers improve navigation in the 1400ś?

• compass
• astrolabe
• improved maps
• all of the choices

What nation sponsored Columbus´s expedition in 1492?

• Spain
• France
• Italy
• England

Why did Columbus sail west from Europe?

• to find his lost dog
• to find new lands
• to find the Northwest passage
• to find a faster route to Asia

Who was the leader of the first expedition around the world?

• Henry Hudson
• Columbus
• Cortes
• Magellan

What is a benefit of exploring?

• gold
• spread of religion
• new land and products
• all of the choices

Why was it difficult for people to travel across the oceans in the 1400s? 

• No electricity 
• Navigation tools were not accurate
• No one wanted to
• They already knew what was there

Where did Juan Ponce de Leon explore?

• 13 colonies
• Texas 
• Louisiana 
• Florida

He was credited with finding America, but really didn't land in America. Wanted to find the East by sailing West. He was in search of finding Asia.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Marco Polo

These people were warriors, farmers, and loved telling stories. They discovered Iceland and Greenland.

• Vikings

• Marco Polo

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Henry Hudson