Name That Explorer

I started the whole European Explorers trend with my discovery of the Americas while trying to find India!

• Henry Hudson

• Christopher Columbus

• Jacques Cartier

• Hernando deSoto

I was the first one to reach the Pacific Ocean by crossing jungles and mountains in Panama.

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernando de Soto

• Jacques Cartier

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

I was a conquistador and fierce. I had NO problem fighting Native Americans. I was the first European to cross the Mississippi River. As a matter of fact, they dumped me in it when I died!

• Cartier

• Columbus

• de Soto

• Cabot

I explored many bodies of water , but my crew mutinied after I got our ship stuck in ice. They set me adrift in the BIG bay in Canada that I thought was the Pacific Ocean.

• Hudson

• Cabot

• Cartier

• Columbus

Oui Oui (yes yes)! I am the only French Explorer you learned about. I explored Canada and St. Lawrence River!

• Columbus

• Cabot

• Cartier

• Balboa

Our home country was Italy. Choose 2!

• Columbus

• Hudson

• Cabot

• Cartier

We were sponsored by Spain (choose 3)

• Columbus

• Hudson

• Balboa

• de Soto

I discovered/explored what is now upstate New York.

• Hudson

• Cabot

• Cartier

• Columbus

John Cabot claimed land in what is now known as Canada for

• King of England

• King of Spain

• King of Italy

• King of Portugal

This was a believed short cut through North America to get to Asia. We now know it doesn't exist.

• Silk Road

• Northeast passage

• Northwest Passage

• Atlantic Ocean