Chapter 5 Unit 1

Why did countries in Europe send men to explore new lands?

• Riches, New routes, and trade

• for money

• Vacation

• To join the new world.

Why did the Spanish send explorers north of their already conquored lands of Mexico

• It was nice

• They heard stories of cities of Gold

• It was new

• They wanted to explore

What is a colony?

• A settlement under the control of themselves

• A settlement under the control of another country

• A settlement with control

• A city in the USA

TRUE OR FALSE: Juan Rivera entered what is now Utah!

• True

• False

A mission is a small religious community where priests and others lived.

• True

• False

An explorer is :

• Somebody who went to new lands to explore and claim new lands.

• Sombody who went to old lands

• somebody who went to the same places over and over

• A traveler

A group of territories under the control of a country or government.

Dominguez and Escalante found a route to California.

• True

• False

Why were explorers turned back on their journey.

• The Heat

• They got lost

• A strong blizzard

• Rain

The old ________ trail