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WorksheetsEarly European Explorers
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 2mins
Sailed for Spain and "Discovered" the New World for Europeans.
De Gama
Verrazzano
Columbus
Cabot
Named Florida and searched for the Fountain of Youth
De Gama
Ponce De Leon
Columbus
Cabot
Explored Mexico and Conquered the Aztecs
Cortes
Ponce De Leon
Columbus
Verrazzanno
Credited for being 1st European to land in North America and claimed land for England
Cartier
Ponce De Leon
Columbus
Cabot
Explored Peru and conquered the Incas
Ponce de Leon
Hudson
Pizarro
Cartier
English sailor searched for the Northwest Passage. A river and a bay are named for him.
Hudson
Cabot
Cortes
Columbus
Explorer who named and claimed Canada for France
Cabot
Hudson
Cartier
Cortes
His crew completed the circumnavigation of the globe
Columbus
Vasco de Gama
Cortes
Magellan
Who created a school for navigation? He brought shipbuilders, mapmakers, and sailing instructors to education sailors.
John Cabot
Prince Henry the Navigator
Christopher Columbus
Juan Ponce de Leon
Circumnavigate means
Sail or travel in circles
Sail or travel across the earth
sail or travel from one point to another point
sail or travel all the way around something
