European Exploration in North America

What was the primary interest of early French explorers in North America?

• Religious conversion

• Fish and fur trading

• finding gold

• building cities

Which river did Jacques Cartier explore?

• Hudson River

• Mississippi River

• Rio Grande

• St. Lawrence River

Where did the French establish their first colony?

• Montreal

• New Orleans

• Manhattan

• Quebec

Which explorer discovered the Hudson River?

• Giovanni de Verrazano

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot

What was the Dutch West India Company created for?

• Military operations

• Managing trade between Americas and Africa

• Exploration only

• Religious missions

What was the Colombian Exchange?

• A trade agreement between Spain and England

• a military alliance

• the transfer of goods, ideas, and diseases between continents

• a religious conversion movement

What was one of the main religious motives behind the European exploration?

• to spread Buddhism throughout the Americas

• to spread Christianity, particularly Catholicism

• to create religious freedom zones

• to establish Protestant missions only

Who purchased Manhattan Island from the Native Americans?

• Peter Minuit

• Henry Hudson

• Jacques Cartier

• Robert La Salle

Who explored the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico?

• Peter Minuit

• Robert La Salle

• Louis Joliet

• Jacques Marquette

Who launched the Protestant Reformation in 1517?

• Queen Elizabeth

• King Henry VIII

• Martin Luther

• Pope Leo X