European Explorers Review

Explorer that discovered the St. Lawrence River.

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

• Jacques Cartier

• Hernando de Soto

Has a river and bay named after him.

• Henry Hudson

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Ponce de Leon

• John Cabot

Helped get France rich with fur trade.

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco de Balboa

Henry Hudson and John Cabot sailed for this country.

• Spain

• France

• England

• China

First explorer to see the Pacific Ocean from Panama.

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernado de Soto

• Hernan Cortez

Explored the southeastern United States and was the first European to see the Mississippi River.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortes

• Hernando de Soto

• Leif Erickson

The movement of people, plants, animals, and germs across the Atlantic Ocean that began after Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas.

• Columbian Exchange

• encomienda

• conquistador

• currency

What happened after John Cabot

returned to England and told about the rich fishing area off of Canada that he had found?

• The king of England made Cabot pay him back the

  money he had paid him for the voyage

• No one returned to the area Cabot had found

  because it was too cold

• More European fishing boats began sailing off the

  coast of Canada

• John Cabot was no longer allowed to be an explorer

Columbus gave the name “Indians”

to the Taino people of North

America. What is the reason he

decided to call them that?

• He thought he was in Africa

• He thought he was in Australia

• He thought he was in Portugal

• He thought he was in India

Jacques Cartier continued France’s

search for a water route to Asia by

sailing up the ________.

• Gulf of Mexico

• Hudson Bay

• St. Lawrence River

• Mississippi River