European Explorers

Which Explorer was born in Italy in 1485?

• Giovanni da Verrazzano

• Vasco da Gama
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Amerigo Vespucci

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Which country did Verrazzano sail for?

• England
• Italy
• Spain
• France

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Who wanted to find a passage to Asia through the New World?

• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Vasco da Gama
• Giovanni da Verrazzano

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Which explorer was one of the first to go into the NY Bay?

• Giovanni da Verrazzano

• Henry Hudson
• Christopher Columbus
• Amerigo Vespucci

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Who was born in France 1574?

• Louis XIV
• Samuel de Champlain

• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Rene Descartes

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Which explorer discovered NYC?

• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Henry Hudson
• Christopher Columbus

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Who was sent to explore the St. Lawrence River?

• Samuel de Champlain

• Henry Hudson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Christopher Columbus

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Which explorer was abandoned by his crew and never seen again?

• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Marco Polo
• Henry Hudson

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Which explorer was sent to find the North West Passage?

• John Cabot
• Henry Hudson

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Columbus

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Which explorer was also a map maker?

• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus
• Marco Polo
• Samuel de Champlain

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