Explorers 2024

England, France, and Spain are part of the:

• New World

• Old World

What were the 3 reasons for exploration?

• Gold, Gravity, Gems

• God, Glory, gold

• Gum, Glory,

The areas not yet explored in North and South America were:

• Old World

• New World

Traveled on the Silk Road, wrote a book about his travels, and inspired others to find a shorter way to China.

• John Cabot

• Marco Polo `

• Christopher Columbus

He claimed land for England and landed on what is now known as Canada.

• Marco Polo

• John Cabot

• Hernan Cortez

• Christopher Columbus

Which TWO explorers are from Spain?

• Cabot and Polo

• Columbus and Cortez

• Columbus and Cabot

This explorer sailed to what is now known as Mexico and he conquered the Aztec Empire.

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

• Jacques Cartier

• Hernan Cortez

This explorer thought he was in Asia but he was actually in the Bahamas and he explored for Spain.

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Marco Polo

He traveled down the coast of what is not Canada and helped establish a FRENCH settlement.

• Hernan Cortez

• Jacques Cartier

• Christopher Columbus

North and South America were named after

• John Cabot

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus