European Explorers

Italian sailor who sailed for England; He was the first to explore the eastern coast and found Canada

• Henry Hudson

• Jacque Cartier

• John Cabot

• Hernando de Soto

Spanish sailor who sailed for Spain. He explored South America and Southeast US. He was very main and brutal and killed many American Indians. He was looking for gold but died without finding any.

• Hernando de Soto

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

English sailor that sailed for England. He was looking for a northwest passage to get to China faster. The Hudson river is named after him

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Spanish explorer who sailed for Spain. This explorer discovered the Pacific Ocean.

• Hernando de Soto

• Jacque Cartier

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Italian explorer who sailed for Spain. He went on 4 voyages to the New World and was the first explorer to start the Age of Exploration.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot

French explorer who sailed for France looking for the Northwest passage to China. He was not successful in finding the passage or in finding gold.

• Christopher Columbus

• Jacque Cartier

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

Check the 3 purposes for exploration

• Gold (making settlements)

• Glory (finding land)

• God (Spreading Christianity)

• finding freedom

What is an area of land that is ruled by another country or group of people?

• kingdom

• colony

• home

• country

What is a conflict?

• conversation

• fight, struggle, disagreement

• hug

• teaching each other something

What is cooperation?

• working together, agreement, trading

• fighting, struggle

• disagreement

• spreading diseases