chapter 4.1 New Jersey and Early Europeans.

In 1492, ____________________sailed west from Spain, a country in Europe. He wanted to find a new water route from Europe to the Indies, a group of islands in Asia.

• Christopher Columbus

• Hudson

• John Cabot

• Sandy Hook

Columbus never reached Asia, however Instead, he landed on islands in the Caribbean Sea.

• True

• False

In ____________, the king of England sent an Italian sailor named John Cabot to explore a westward water route to Asia

• May 1567

• May 1497

• 1524

• 2024

___________________ reached North America’s eastern coast in June 1497. He returned the following year.

• Giovanni

• Columbus

• Cabot

• Sandy Hook

Cabot sailed past what is now New Jersey. As a result of Cabot’s visit, the English later claimed ownership of much of this land.

• false

• true

In 1524, the king of France sent an Italian sailor named _______________________ to look for a water route to Asia

• Hudson

• John Cabot

• Columbus

• Giovanni da Verrazano

Almost 100 years after Verrazano’s journey, the Dutch sent _______________in search of a water route through North America.

• Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot

• Sandy Hook

On September 4, 1609, Hudson sailed his ship, the Half Moon, into Sandy Hook Bay and dropped anchor.

What people did he meet?

• Lenape

• Cherokee

• Europeans

• Suwane

Hudson and his crew sailed up the river that would later be named the Hudson River. They traveled north as far as what is now Albany, New York. They found no passage to Asia

• True

• False

Cabot, Verrazano, and Hudson failed to find a water route to Asia. Instead they found_____________________