Explorer

What is an explorer?

• a person who sits at home

• a person who likes to eat

• a person that travels to a new place to learn about it

• a person who takes land from other people

One of the first European explorers to discover the New World. He thought he had landed in India so he called the Native Americans Indians.

• Cabot

• Columbus

• Cartier

• Hudson

Cartier was from what country?

• Candada

• Spain

• Portugal

• France

Which explorer discovered the Pacific Ocean?

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Christopher Columbus

Which explorer led an expedition to America and laid claim to the Hudson River?

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• John Cabot

What was Columbus's goal for exploration?

• To find a new religion

• To find a new route to Australia

• To find a new route to Asia

• To trade fur with Native Americans

Why did many early European explorers travel to North America?

• To find gold and silver and get rich.

• to buy farmland from Native Americans

• to see the natural beauty of the continent

• to meet important Native American leaders

Which of the "Three G's" describes the fame from discovering a new land?

• God

• Gold

• Glory

Which of the following was an ACCOMPLISHMENT of explortation?

• Trade began with Native Americans

• New diseases killed people

• difficulty adjusting to climate

• The Native Americans got sick

Which word means traveling journeys and expeditions to new, undiscovered places for the purpose of finding riches for a sponsor country?

• conflict

• obstacles

• cooperation

• explorations