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Explorers

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first Spanish explorer to explore the lands that are now the United States? (Florida)

a)

Ponce de Leon

b)

De Soto

c)

Champlain

d)

Columbus

2.

Ponce de Leon was searching for the _____________.

a)

Fountain of Youth

b)

Florida

c)

7 Cities of Cibola

d)

Mrs. Call's house

3.

Ponce de Leon named Florida for its ___________.

a)

Rainfall

b)

Flowers

c)

Gusts of wind

d)

Chocolate

4.

Who was the first explorer to see the Mississippi River?

a)

De Soto

b)

Ponce de Leon

c)

Champlain

d)

Neil Armstrong

5.

Coronado explored to the American Southwest searching for the ___________.

a)

7 Cities of Cibola

b)

Fountain of Jewls

c)

Nevada

d)

Horse Rock Mountain

6.

Hendy Hudson explored the Hudson River that runs along the city that is now ____________.

a)

New York City

b)

Las Vegas

c)

San Francisco

d)

New Haven

7.

The oldest permanent European settlement in the United States is _______.

a)

St. Augustine

b)

St. McD's

c)

St. Comrade

d)

St. Coolsville

8.

in the Southwest the Spaniards built religious communities called ________.

a)

missions

b)

cattle grounds

c)

churches

d)

stables

9.

Who led the Pueblo Indians to fight against the Spanish explorers?

a)

Popè

b)

Pop-pop

c)

Poconos

d)

Pochem

10.

John Cabot explored for England, but he was born in ______.

a)

Italy

b)

Canada

c)

China

d)

New Zealand

11.

John Cabot was searching for the Northwest Passage, but found the area in Canada that is now ____________.

a)

Newfoundland

b)

Newhammer

c)

Q

d)

Newlostland

12.

Most early European explorers in the Americas were looking for a shortcut to Asia called the ____________.

a)

Northwest Passage

b)

South Passage

c)

Eastern Shore Passageway

d)

Curly Mountain Passage

13.

Champlain set up a colony named ______.

a)

New France

b)

New Hope

c)

Return of the France

d)

France Strikes Back

14.

Champlain, a french explorer, built a trading post that great into one of Canada's largest cities called ________.

a)

Quebec

b)

Starlight Express

c)

Boston

d)

Geneva

15.

Champlain found three of the five big bodies of water called the __________.

a)

Great Lakes

b)

Great Snakes

c)

Great Cakes

d)

Great Makes Me Happy