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European Explores

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which tribe lived in the area shaded in grey on the map?

a)

Pueblo

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

2.

Which tribe lived in the area shaded in grey on the map?

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

3.
archaeology
a)
This is the study of the past from what humans have left behind.
b)
To use information that you have to make an educated guess.
c)
To make wild animals useful to humans through training and breeding.
d)
This is a supply of something (such as land) that someone has and can use when it is needed
e)
This is an academic term for a human, or an early form of a human.
4.

All of these are accomplishments of explorers: (choose 3)

a)

Exchanged goods and ideas

b)

Improved navigational tools and ships

c)

Claimed land for their home country

d)

Completing for the biggest empire

5.

All of these are obstacles explorers faced: (choose 4)

a)

Poor maps and navigational tools

b)

Disease and starvation

c)

Fear of the unknown

d)

Lack of adequate supplies

e)

Exchanging goods and ideas

6.

Which of these are economic motivations of explorers? (choose 3)

a)

Finding Gold

b)

Finding Natural Resources

c)

Finding better trade routes

d)

Spreading Christianity

7.

What explorers claimed land for Spain?

a)

John Cabot

b)

Francisco Coronado

c)

Robert La Salle

d)

Hernando De Soto

8.

Who were the explorers that claimed land for France?

a)

John Cabot

b)

Francisco Coronado

c)

Robert La Salle

d)

Samuel de Champlain

9.

What region of North America did Hernando De Soto explore?

a)

Southeastern United States

b)

Southwestern United States

c)

Mississippi River Valley

d)

Eastern Canada

10.

Which explorer used the route in GREEN on the map?

a)

Robert La Salle

b)

John Cabot

c)

Francisco Coronado

d)

Samuel de Champlain

11.

Which explorer used the route in BLUE on the map?

a)

Robert La Salle

b)

John Cabot

c)

Francisco Coronado

d)

Samuel de Champlain

12.

John Cabot and Henry Hudson were both looking for what route to Asia?

a)

Northwest Passage

b)

Panama Canal

c)

Suez Route

d)

Cape Route

13.

Who explored eastern Canada, and Newfoundland?

a)

John Cabot

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

Samuel de Champlain

d)

Francisco Coronado

14.

What explorer's route is shown on the map in Orange?

a)

Samuel De Champlain

b)

Francisco Coronado

c)

John Cabbot

d)

Hernando De Soto

15.

Which explorers route is shown on the map in Red?

a)

Hernando de Soto

b)

John Cabbot

c)

Samuel de Champlain

d)

Robert la Salle

16.

Which explorer's route is shown on the map in Pink?

a)

Henry Hudson

b)

Francisco Coronado

c)

John Cabbot

d)

Samuel de Champlain