History Week 1 Quiz - Settling the New World

Explorer who recognized the Americas were new continents & not the Indies

• Columbus

• Francis Drake

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Philip II

• John Cabot

______ believed he could reach the East by sailing West & discovered America

• Columbus
• John Cabot

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Francis Drake

• Phillip II

______ explored the northeastern coast of America, giving England a claim to the New World

• John Cabot
• Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Henri DeSoto

• Phillip II

______ English sailor who looted Spanish ships & led the 2nd expedition that circumnavigated the globe

• Phillip II

• Francis Drake

• Elizabeth I

• Amerigo Vespucci

• John Cabot

Ruler of England who defeated the Spanish Armada, establishing England as the dominant sea power and securing Protestantism in the New World

• John Cabot

• Francis Drake

• Elizabeth I

• Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

Conquistador who claimed Florida for Spain while in search of the Fountain of Youth

• Hernando deSoto

• Francisco de Coronado
  

• Samuel de Champlain
  

• Ponce de Leon

First European explorer to see the Grand Canyon

• Francisco de Coronado

• Hernando de Soto

• Ponce de Leon

• Samuel Champlain

First European explorer to discover the Mississippi River

• Francisco de Coronado

• Hernando de Soto

• Samuel Champlain

• Ponce de Leon

French explorer who made 3 voyages to Canada in search of the NW Passage

• Jacques Cartier
• Robert La Salle

• Ponce de Leon

• Samuel Champlain

"Father of New France" who explored the St. Lawrence River and Quebec

• Jacques Cartier

• Robert La Salle

• Ponce de Leon

• Samuel Champlain