Explorers Review

What concept is shown in this image?

• Free trade

• The black market

• Global Exchange

• The Columbian Exchange

This sailor was the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean. He landed in the Bahamas, and explored the Caribbean Islands.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Vasco da Gama

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Christopher Columbus

Portuguese sailor who was the first European to reach Asia by sailing. He went around the southern tip of Africa.

• Christopher Columbus

• Pedro Cabral

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Vasco da Gama

This explorer discovered the St. Lawrence River and named Montreal.

• Giovanni Verrazano

• Robert de LaSalle

• Jacques Cartier

• Samuel de Champlain

The new technologies shown above had the following effect on exploration during the age of exploration.

• Helped explorers find a land route to Asia

• Made ocean journeys smoother

• Made sailing the oceans more accurate and faster

• Made more people want to become shipbuilders

This Spanish explorer was the first European to SEE the Pacific Ocean.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Vasco da Gama

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Christopher Columbus

This Spanish explorer discovered Florida while searching for the “Fountain of Youth”

• Christopher Columbus

• Pedro Cabral

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Vasco da Gama

This French sailor explored the Great Lakes, and claimed the Mississippi River for France.

• Henry Hudson

• Robert de LaSalle

• Jacques Cartier

• Samuel de Champlain

This French explorer established Quebec as the first French settlement in North America.

• Robert DeLasalle

• Jacques Cartier

• Samuel de Champlain

• Giovanni de Verrazzano

Which of the following was NOT one of the types of settlements in New Spain?

• Pueblos

• Burritos

• Presidios

• Missions