WorksheetsEarly European Explores.
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which is not one of the 3 Gs
Grain
Glory
God
Gold
Henry the Navigator
An Italian Captain that circumnavigated the globe.
Sponsored schools for the study of advances in his country's Navy
Traveled to India several years after Columbus discovered America.
First European to reach Brazil
He was from England and sailed for the Netherlands (Dutch) and England.
He was trying to find the Northwest Passage.
He was mutinied
Hernando de Soto
Jacques Cartier
Henry Hudson
John Cabot
Italian sponsored by Spain
4 voyages
Explored the Caribbean
Established Colonies for Spain.
Cristopher Columbus
Jacques Cartier
Henry Hudson
John Cabot
Italian Sponsored by England
Wanted to find the Northwest Passage
Traveled to the coast of Canada and claimed much of Canada for England
Cristopher Columbus
Jacques Cartier
Henry Hudson
John Cabot
Spaniard sponsored by Spain
Sailed to present-day Panama in Central America.
Crossed the dense mountains and jungles and was the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean
He married the daughter of a local chief.
Cristopher Columbus
Vasco Nunez de Balboa.
Henry Hudson
John Cabot
Spanish explorer
He explored Peru with Francisco Pizarro.
He explored the southeast United States from Tampa Bay to South Carolina and was the first European to cross the Mississippi River.
Cristopher Columbus
Vasco Nunez de Balboa.
Henry Hudson
Hernando de Soto
First European to see the Pacific Ocean
Cristopher Columbus
Vasco Nunez de Balboa.
Henry Hudson
Hernando de Soto
First European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea
Cristopher Columbus
Vasco Nunez de Balboa.
Henry Hudson
Hernando de Soto
What is the Northwest Passage?
A non-existent water route to China
A water route to China first used by the Vikings
Overland route to India
A water route to the Pacific.
