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WorksheetsUnit 2 - Explorers
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
This is the explorer who gave France her claim to the Mississippi River, including New Orleans.
Jacques Cartier
Robert de LaSalle
Henry Hudson
Amerigo Vespucci
Jacques Cartier made voyages that gave France claims to what country?
United States
Cuba
Mexico
Canada
What was the primary purpose of the system shown on the map?
move cattle on long drives
establish control of gold mines
covert the Indians to Roman Catholicism
provide protection for Spanish colonists
Hernan Cortez's military campaign resulted in the destruction of which civilization?
Mesizo
Aztec
Ican
Mayan
Spanish explorers that explored and conquered Mexico, Central America, and South America
Fur Trappers
Conquistadors
Missionaries
Slaves
Settled in the Southwest and Mexico
Spain
France
Netherlands
England
Settled along the Atlantic coast
Spain
France
Netherlands
England
What were the THREE main motivations for European exploration? Choose THREE answers.
To spread Christianity
To spread diseases
To find a sea route to Asia for spices
To find gold and claim land
Which of the following is NOT one of the European countries that explored and claimed land in North America?
England
Germany
France
Spain
Which motivation led early Spanish explorers to explore the Americas?
What is the movement of people, plants, animals and germs in either direction across the Atlantic Ocean following the voyages of Christopher Columbus called?
The Great Exchange
The Columbus Effect
The Great Expedition
The Columbian Exchange
Indian
Who founded Hudson Bay?
Ferdinand Magellan
Henry Hudson
Christopher Columbus
Hernando de Soto
I was searching for the Fountain of Youth, and though I never found it, I found and named Florida.
Hernando de Soto
Leif Erikson
Christopher Columbus
Ponce de Leon
caravel
A new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land.
colony
missionaries
coureurs de bois
The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to:
Africa
America
Asia
Europe
1. Vaso Nunez de Balboa’s biggest accomplishment was ________________.
crossing the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean and becoming the first European to have reached the Pacific Ocean
discovering fishing in Canada
discovering a sea route to Asia
discovering Canada
This empire captured Constantinople making it very difficult for Europeans to get goods from Asia
The Ottoman Empire
The Mongol Empire
The Spanish Empire
The Portuguese Empire
This Portuguese explorer discovered a sea route to Asia that took ships under the southern tip of Africa
Vasco de Gama
Giovanni de Verrazzano
Christopher Columbus
Jaques Cartier
