Explorers and Their Discoveries

Who was the first European to reach New York?

• Christopher Columbus

• Jacques Cartier

• Giovanni da Verrazano

• Henry Hudson

Which explorer hoped to find a shorter route to Asia but landed in the Bahamas?

• Samuel de Champlain

• Christopher Columbus

• Peter Minuit

• Peter Stuyvesant

Who established France’s claim to Canada?

• Jacques Cartier

• Giovanni da Verrazano

• Henry Hudson

• King Charles II

Which explorer traded with Native Americans and found a lake named after himself?

• Peter Minuit

• Samuel de Champlain

• Henry Hudson

• Peter Stuyvesant

Who explored New York Bay and named a river after himself?

• Giovanni da Verrazano

• Henry Hudson

• Jacques Cartier

• Christopher Columbus

Who was the governor of New Netherlands?

• Peter Stuyvesant

• Peter Minuit

• King Charles II

• Samuel de Champlain

Which explorer helped establish peace with Native Americans in New Netherlands?

• Giovanni da Verrazano

• Peter Stuyvesant

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson

Who sent a fleet of warships to New Netherland to claim the area for England?

• King Charles II

• Peter Minuit

• Christopher Columbus

• Samuel de Champlain

Which explorer originally sailed to North Carolina and up to New York Bay?

• Henry Hudson

• Giovanni da Verrazano

• Peter Minuit

• Jacques Cartier

Who landed in the Caribbean Sea in 1492?

• Jacques Cartier

• Christopher Columbus

• Peter Stuyvesant

• Samuel de Champlain