Age of Exploration

Amerigo Vespucci

• explored/discovered Brazil, Argentina and other lands

• Gets the credit for first European to circumnavigate around the world
• first European to make it to North American mainland

Christopher Columbus

• First Portuguese explorer to make it to India
• he landed in the West Indies, opened new trade routes to the west, and called local people Indians

• First European to make it to South America

Ferdinand Magellan

• First Portuguese explorer to make it to India
• Gets the credit for first European to circumnavigate around the world
• First European to make it to North America

Hernan Cortes

• First Portuguese explorer to make it to India
• Known for conquering the Aztecs
• Known for conquering the Incas

Which explorer sailed up the Saint Lawrence River and claimed lands for France in 1535?

• John Da Gama

• Jacques Cartier

• Francisco Pizarro

What did the English and French hope to find in North America?

• new crops to pick

• a water route to Asia

• ancient civilizations

What country sponsored Columbus´ expedition in 1492?

• England

• France

• Spain

Who was the leader of the first expedition to circumnavigate the world?

• Hudson

• Columbus

• Magellan

This French explorer reached Montreal and claimed Eastern Canada for France.

• Jacques Cartier

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Fer Magellan

This explorer defeated the Aztec Empire and claimed all of Mexico in the name of Spain.

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

• Marco Polo