WorksheetsExplorers in the New World
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to
Africa.
America.
Asia.
Europe.
Which is best used for navigation?
map
flag
Bible
coin
The land masses of North America, Central America, and South America
Canada
Great Britian
East Indies
The Americas
What item symbolically claimed land for a country?
coin
flag
Bible
cash crop
What is one reason Europeans wanted to travel to America?
to build wealth
to conquer Indians
to colonize France
to find potatoes
Why did the rulers of Spain want a shorter route to the East Indies?
to practice fighting wars
to study a different culture
to send away their prisoners
to reach Asia faster for spices
Explorers hoped to find a Northwest Passage that would lead them
across the ice of the the North Pole.
down the entire length of the Mississippi River.
through North America to Asia.
into the interior where they could find gold.
Juan Ponce de Leon looked for
the Seven Cities of Gold
a shortcut to Asia.
a site for a mansion
the "fountain of youth"
Hernan Cortes fought against
the Aztecs in Mexico.
the Seminoles in Florida.
the Incas in South America.
the Mayas in Central America.
Which man explored what is now the southwestern United States?
Cartier
Coronado
Cabot
Hudson
Which river did La Salle explore?
Colorado
Hudson
Mississippi
Rio Grande
What was the first European settlement in the United States?
Ft. Caroline
Cibola
St. Augustine
San Salvador
Columbus and the other explorers thought they had reached Asia, but in time they realized the land was actually
Africa
a new continent
Australia
Spain
Henry Hudson's first voyage gave which country a claim in North America?
England
Spain
France
Holland
A Spanish explorer who came to the Americas in the 1500s and claimed large areas of land for Spain is called a
conquistador
colony
pilgrim
pioneer
A community ruled by another country, not by its own people
village
colony
town
northwest passage
A sickness that can pass quickly from one person to another as germs are spread by touch or through the air
colony
settler
contagious disease
explorer
On his first voyage in 1609, Henry Hudson said up a river now named
the Mississippi River
the Henry River
the Hudson River
the Rio Grande
Between 1540 and 1542, Francisco Vasques de Coronado took a route through what is now
the Great Lakes
Florida
the Pacific Northwest
Mexico and the American Southwest
How is a colony different form other places in which people settle?
It is ruled by another country.
It was started many years ago.
It is designed to be temporary.
It has a very simple way of life.
