European Explorers

Who was the French explorer who was born in 1643?

• Sieur de La Salle

• Marco Polo

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Cabeza de Vaca

What was the motivation for the European exploration?

• friends

• economic opportunites

• food

• ships

Who was the Spanish explorer who was born in 1510 and set sail to find gold?

• Christopher Coloumbus

• Sieur de La Salle

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Who was the European explorer who was born in Spain in 1490 and landed in Florida?

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Marco Polo

• Sieur de La Salle

_______________ was shipwrecked at Galveston Island and stayed the longest in Texas and even kept a diary of his travels.

• Sieur de La Salle

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Cabeza de Vaca

________________ wanted to start a French colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River, but the colony failed and was eventually killed by his own men.

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Sieur de La Salle

• Cabeza de Vaca

______________ was the first European to explore the Palo Duro and Grand Canyon, he also searched for the Seven Cities of Gold.

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Sieur de La Salle

• Caabeza de Vaca

Sieur de La Salle was ____________.

• killed by his men

• found the Grand Canyon

• found Mexico City

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado __________________.

• killed by his men

• was shipwrecked

• found the Grand Canyon

Cabeza de Vaca was shipwrecked at ______________________.

• Lousiana

• Florida

• Galveston Island