Explorers of the New World: Match and Learn!

Fill in the Blank: Fill in the blank with the correct words. Word Bank: beheaded, priest, protect, Great Lakes, storm, died, Governor, sold

1. Sir Francis Drake ______________ slaves to become rich with his cousin.

• sold

• beheaded

• died

• Governor

Fill in the blank with the correct words. Jacques Cartier went looking for a sea that Native Americans talked about but only ended up finding the _____________.

• Great Lakes

• Rocky Mountains

• Mississippi River

• Hudson Bay

Hernan Cortes served as the ____________ of New Spain.

• Governor

• Priest

• Merchant

• General

Samuel Cortes went looking for a sea but only found the _____________.

• Great Lakes

• Rocky Mountains

• Amazon River

• Sahara Desert

Fill in the blank with the correct words. Word Bank: beheaded, priest, protect, Great Lakes, storm, died, Governor, sold 5. John Cabot’s ship was destroyed in a ____________ and it was presumed that he had died.

• storm

• beheaded

• Governor

• sold

Fill in the blank with the correct words. Word Bank: beheaded, priest, protect, Great Lakes, storm, died, Governor, sold 6. Bartolome de las Casas became a ____________ and tried to ____________ the natives.

• priest, protect

• Governor, beheaded

• sold, storm

• died, Great Lakes

Fill in the Blank: Fill in the blank with the correct words. Word Bank: beheaded, priest, protect, Great Lakes, storm, died, Governor, sold 7. Hernando De Soto crossed into Mississippi and Louisiana and eventually ____________ along the Mississippi River.

• died

• beheaded

• sold

• Governor

Sir Walter Raleigh was ____________ for treason against England.

• beheaded

• imprisoned

• exiled

• pardoned

Who went looking for a sea that Native Americans talked about but only found the Great Lakes?

• Jacques Cartier

• Hernando de Soto

• Samuel de Champlain

• Francisco Coronado

The explorer who was beheaded for treason against England was:

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francis Drake