Explorers 2

What explorers ship was the first to sail around the world?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando De Soto

• Henry Hudson

• Robert LaSalle

What ocean did Magellan name?

• Atlantic

• Arctic

• Pacific

• Southern

What did Magellan's voyage prove?

• That is only takes 10 days to sail around the world

• That traveling east is the only way to get to Asia

• That there are sea monsters

• That Asia was much farther away and smaller than what Columbus thought

What motivated Hernando DeSoto to explore North America

• fur

• riches and land

• Northwest passage

• spices

Why did DeSoto's men desert him?

• ship sank

• native attacks

• he was to stern

• no food

What did DeSoto accomplish?

• He gathered information about the land

• He discovered the Mississippi River

• He claimed land in the Southeastern U.S.

• All of the above

What motivated Henry Hudson to explore?

• fur

• to prove the Earth was flat

• Northwest Passage

• to find the Mississippi River

What was one of Hudson's accomplishments?

• He found gold

• He landed in Asia

• He claimed land in New York

• He lived with the Natives

Why did Robert LaSalle want to explore?

• Bahamas

• gold

• fur trade routes

• sea monsters

Why was the king impressed when LaSalle claimed the mouth of the Mississippi River?

• The water was beautiful

• The could fit many ships on it

• It did not freeze and was a good fur trading route

• They could sail on it anytime they wanted