WorksheetsExplorers Part 2
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This explorer wanted to find a Northwest Passage...
a)
Henry Hudson
b)
Hernando de Soto
c)
Robert LaSalle
d)
John Cabot
2.
Who wanted to explore to find gold?
a)
Henry Hudson
b)
Hernando de Soto
c)
Robert LaSalle
d)
John Cabot
3.
This explorer also wanted to find the Northwest Passage, but he kept running into ice...
a)
Robert LaSalle
b)
John Cabot
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
Hernando de Soto
4.
Who wanted to establish fur-trade routes along the Mississippi River?
a)
Hernando de Soto
b)
Henry Hudson
c)
Robert LaSalle
d)
John Cabot
5.
This explorer sailed for both England and the Dutch.
a)
Hernando de Soto
b)
Henry Hudson
c)
Robert LaSalle
d)
John Cabot
6.
Whose body was buried near the Mississippi River?
a)
Hernando de Soto
b)
Henry Hudson
c)
John Cabot
d)
Robert LaSalle
7.
___ a person who buys/sells goods.
a)
conquistador
b)
merchant
c)
navigation
d)
caravel
8.
The process of charting a course for a ship.
a)
caravel
b)
navigation
c)
circumnavigate
d)
merchant
9.
To travel completely around
a)
merchant
b)
navigation
c)
caravel
d)
circumnavigate
10.
A small, fast sailing ship created by the Portuguese in the 1400s.
a)
slave trade
b)
circumnavigate
c)
caravel
d)
conquistador
11.
A conqueror; a person who conquers new land
a)
merchant
b)
slave trade
c)
caravel
d)
conquistador
12.
The capture, buying, and selling of people for profit.
a)
merchant
b)
conquistador
c)
slave trade
d)
navigation
13.
What was the land that Robert LaSalle claimed for France called?
a)
Georgia
b)
Florida
c)
Louisiana
d)
Alabama
14.
What obstacles did Robert LaSalle overcome?
a)
furs were stolen
b)
sunken ships
c)
Indian attacks
d)
all of the above
15.
Why was the king of France impressed with the Mississippi River?
a)
It was pretty
b)
The water didn't freeze
c)
It was long
d)
Hernando de Soto was there too
16.
Which explorer claimed land in New York and has a bunch of bodies of water named after him?
a)
Hernando de Soto
b)
John Cabot
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
Robert LaSalle
17.
Who was compared to Christopher Columbus?
a)
LaSalle
b)
Hudson
c)
de Soto
d)
Cabot
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