WorksheetsEarly Explorers of California
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
This Spanish soilder discovered California in 1542. Who was he?
Hernan Cortes
Amerigo Vespucci
Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo
Ponce de Leon
Sebastian Vizcaino sailed the southern California coast from 1602 - 1603 and is credited for naming San Diego and other landmarks. He is also remembered for_____________________>
discovering Hawaii and forming alliances with native tribes
visiting Easter Island and conquering indigenous people
sailing up the Rio Grande and creating a settlement
producing accurate maps used by sailors for over one hundred years
Sir Francis Drake was an English explorer who was the first person to
sail around the world on his own boat
draft an accurate map of the Pacific Ocean and its islands
sail for the Queen of England
be buried at sea
Captain James Cook was an English explorer, navigator and mapmaker who___________________________________.
explored many of the Pacific Islands, including Hawaii and Easter Island
found a water passage near the tip of South America to go from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans
sailed around the tip of Africa to reach Asia
built his own ships
Heran Cortes took advantage of the Aztec of Mexico by ________________________.
paying huge amounts of gold to the chief
allowing them to mistake him for Quetzalcoatl, a returning god
ambushing them at night while the tribe was asleep
sneaking in undetected using underwater breathing tools
San Diego was an ideal bay for Cabrillo's fleet because it ____________________________.
deep enough for large boats
protected from violent storms
Both answers
Conquistadors were Spanish Soldiers who ___________________________.
explored new lands
conquered native inhabitants
settled the land for future countryman
all of the above
___________________________ sailed the southern California coast in 1602 - 1603 and named San Diego, Santa Catalina Island, the Santa Barbara Channel, and Monterey Bay.
Sir Francis Drake
Hernan Cortes
Sebastian Vizcanio
Vitus Bering
______________________ made three trips to the Pacific Ocean and explored and mapped the North American coast from California all the way to the Bering Strait.
Hernan Cortes
Sebastian Vizcaino
Vitus Bering
Captain James Cook
_____________________ anchored near San Francisco, named the surround land, and claimed it for the English.
Sir Francis Drake
Hernan Cortes
Sebastian Vizcaino
Vitus Bering
___________________________ sailed north through a narrow strait connecting the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Sir Francis Drake
Vitus Bering
Captain James Cook
Hernan Cortes
____________________ sent to establish a colony on the Central American mainland.
Captain James Cook
Vitus Bering
Hernan Cortes
Sir Francis Drake
