This explorer was one of the first Europeans to lead an expedition to find a Northwest Passage, and he explored an area that today is Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

This explorer traveled through the Southwest, came across a Zuni village, and was the first known European to see the Grand Canyon.

This explorer was searching for a Northwest Passage and explored the area that is today the state of New York.

Legend has it that this explorer may have searched for a Fountain of Youth; he explored the Florida Peninsula, as well as the Gulf Stream - the strong current of warm water that flows out of the Gulf of Mexico, around Florida, and up the coast of the southeast portion of the present-day U.S.

This explorer set sail in 1492, a year that changed the world.

This French explorer mapped the area he called "New France" in present-day Canada and made alliances, or agreements, with native tribes to help defend both the natives and the European settlers.

The explorer sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.

Which city is the oldest continuously inhabited city in North America settled by Europeans?

Which of the following words means "conqueror" and describes someone who traveled to North, Central, and South America to look for wealth, conquer the native peoples, and take over the land?

Which explorer wrote about his friendly contact with native people as he traveled upstream by river in search of a Northwest Passage?

Which European explored the areas that today are Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama, and killed more than 2,000 Mississippians?

Which explorer took a native chief, Vitachuco, prisoner?

Which of the following words means "the process of taking control of an area and sending people to the newly controlled land to develop a settlement there"?

Which of the following words means "unfamiliar"?

Why is 1492 called "the year that changed the world"?

Christopher Columbus and his crew members treated the Taino cruelly and enslaved them.

Why did the Spanish set up missions in Florida and in other parts of southern & western North America?

Why did Juan Ponce de Leon leave the island of Hispaniola and explore nearby areas?

Explorers, such as John Cabot and Henry Hudson looked for the Northwest Passage to find a shorter route to the East Indies.