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WorksheetsDe Soto / De Balboa
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 12mins
What did the early Spanish explorers most want to find?
maps
Native Americans
corn
gold
What is another word for conqueror?
Conquistador
empresario
cartographer
explorer
Which explorer conquered the Incas?
de Balboa
Cartier
Columbus
de Soto
Which explorer found the Mississippi River?
Balboa
Cartier
Columbus
de Soto
Why was DeSoto's small band of men able to defeat thousands of Indians?
His men died of disease
He added allies as he traveled
He had more food than the Indians
He had better weapons
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
Vasco Nunez de Balboa was born in a very poor town in which country?
Italy
Spain
France
Balboa had some ____________ problems after trying to be a farmer. He hid in a barrel of another ship with his dog to try and leave Hispaniola.
money
cargo
health
Balboa established a new colony on the land of ___________. It had better soil and the natives were friendlier. Balboa was even Governor of this colony!
Bahamas
Savannah
Darien
While traveling across the Isthmus of Panama, Balboa climbed a mountain and discovered ____________________.
another colony.
the Pacific Ocean.
more explorers looking for riches.
