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European Explorers

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2hrs 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these men was NOT an explorer?

a)

John Cabot

b)

Juan Ponce De Leon

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

Hernan Colorado

2.

This explorer's voyage was funded by merchants and he voyaged to present-day Canada

a)

John Cabot

b)

Christopher Colombus

c)

Juan Ponce De Leon

d)

Robert de La Salle

3.

The European Explorers in the 1400 and 1500s were looking for all of the following EXCEPT

a)

gold

b)

Egyptian pyramids

c)

India

d)

Land for their country

4.

Which route did Franciso Vasquez de Coronado follow?

a)

Up the Hudson River

b)

Cuba to Mexico City

c)

Mexico to the American Southwest including New Mexico and Kansas

d)

Cuba to Florida

5.

Besides land, what was Francisco Vasquez de Coronado looking for

a)

Glory and horses

b)

Wealth and the Fountain of Youth

c)

The Aztec capital and a cure to diseases

d)

Glory and wealth

6.

What was Ponce De Leon looking for?

a)

The Seven Cities of Gold

b)

Trees with golden bells

c)

Magic traders to trade fur for glass beads

d)

The Fountain of Youth

7.

The European Explorers did all of the following EXCEPT

a)

Spread disease and claim land for their country

b)

Spread their religions and take Native Americans as slaves

c)

Claimed Aztec land and spread smallpox

d)

Found a quick way to Asia and discovered the Seven cities of Gold

8.

Which explorer had a river and a bay named after him, but was still left out in a boat with his son and was never seen again?

a)

Cabot

b)

Coronado

c)

Hudson

d)

Columbus

9.

Who is credited with claiming the Mississippi Valley Region?

a)

Robert de La Salle

b)

Christopher Colombus

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

Ponce de Leon

10.

What was Jacques Cartier looking for

a)

The Northwest Passage to China

b)

A way to get to Antarctia more quickly

c)

Someone to teach him the language of the Native Americans

d)

New plants and medicines to cure diseases