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WorksheetsEuropean Explorers
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
Portuguese explorers rounded the southern tip of Africa, and Spanish explorers sailed west across the Atlantic. Both countries were trying to find an all-water route to which land?
Asia
Atlantis
Africa
Antarctica
During the 1400s and 1500s, many Europeans wanted to find a new route to the riches of Asia. This wish to find a new route would lead to the
end of trade with China and India.
exploration of North and South America.
closing of markets in Europe for Asian goods.
making of these traded products in Europe.
The first explorer to reach the "New World" at that time claimed lands for the King of Spain. He was ___________ .
Henry Hudson
Giovanni Verrazano
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
What did Cartier and Hudson search for in North America?
The Fountain of Youth
The Seven Cities of Gold
The Northwest Passage
Africa
What happened during Hudson’s last voyage?
He found the Northwest Passage
His crew mutinied and left him adrift at sea
He returned to England
He found Asia
Beginning in 1534, Jacques Cartier explored the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the St. Lawrence River. Cartier claimed the area now known as Quebec for what country?
England
Spain
Italy
France
Which European nation sponsored Cabot’s expedition across the Atlantic Ocean?
England
France
Spain
Portugal
Which explorer searched and settled in this area?
Hudson
Cabot
Cartier
Balboa
Which explorer found this river?
Hudson
Balboa
Columbus
Cartier
Which explorer conquered the Incas?
Balboa
Cartier
Columbus
de Soto
Which explorer found the Mississippi River?
Balboa
Cartier
Columbus
de Soto
Which explorer explored the land that connects the Americas and became the first Spanish explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean?
Balboa
Cartier
Columbus
de Soto
Christopher Columbus was an Italian man, but was sponsored by another country. Which country sponsored his expedition?
Italy
France
Spain
England
What did the early Spanish explorers most want to find?
maps
Native Americans
corn
gold
