European Explorers

Which Explorer was born in Italy in 1485?

• Giovanni da Verrazzano

• Vasco da Gama
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Amerigo Vespucci

Which country did Verrazzano sail for?

• England
• Italy
• Spain
• France

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

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

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

• Giovanni da Verrazzano

• Henry Hudson
• Christopher Columbus
• Amerigo Vespucci

Who was born in France 1574?

• Louis XIV
• Samuel de Champlain

• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Rene Descartes

Which explorer discovered NYC?

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

Who was sent to explore the St. Lawrence River?

• Samuel de Champlain

• Henry Hudson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Christopher Columbus

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

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

Which explorer was sent to find the North West Passage?

• John Cabot
• Henry Hudson

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Columbus

Which explorer was also a map maker?

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