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WorksheetsEuropean Explorers
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
The explorer whose crew were the first to ever circumnavigate the world
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernan Cortes
Ponce de Leon
The person who arrived in what is now Mexico and conquered the Aztecs
John Cabot
Ponce de Leon
Samuel de Champlain
Hernan Cortes
The people who were interested in fur trading with Native Americans and who learned Native Americans' languages and sometimes even married them were
The Spanish Conquistadors
The British/English
The French
The Dutch (Netherlands)
The first Missionaries came to the Americas to
find gold
complete 10 missions
trade with the Native Indians
convert Natives to Christianity
Goals of the English, French and Dutch
Circumnavigate the world before the Spanish
Spread Catholicism to the New World
Find a Northwest Passage to Asia
Create colonies in Mesoamerica
What was a conquistador?
helped the natives set up forts
spread religion
explored North America
Spanish conquerer
Based off of this stamp, who would have explored this area?
Hernando de Soto
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Henry Hudson
Which option was NOT a reason for European exploration?
Gold
Glory
God
Gravy
Why was it difficult for early explorers to plan their journeys to the Americas?
They had no ships
They had no maps
They had no skills to find food
They didn't have enough money
What would be the challenge of trying to explore region 1?
It is too hot
It is too humid
It is too rainy
It is too cold
What event do you think takes place in this photo?
Europeans first reached the Mississippi River
Europeans saw the Pacific Ocean for the first time
Europeans first left Europe
What river did Jacques Cartier discover?
The Hudson
The Mississippi
The St. Lawrence
The Rio Grande
Who was the first European explorer to reach India by sea?
A) Christopher Columbus
B) Vasco da Gama
C) Ferdinand Magellan
D) John Cabot
Which European explorer is credited with discovering the New World in 1492?
A) Amerigo Vespucci
B) Ferdinand Magellan
C) Christopher Columbus
D) Leif Erikson
Which explorer's expedition was the first to successfully circumnavigate the globe?
A) Ferdinand Magellan
B) Vasco da Gama
C) Hernan Cortes
D) John Cabot
