Explorer Review

_________ was from Greenland and sailed the northern Atlantic Ocean and settled in North America for a short period of time.

• Leif Eriksson

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• Prince Henry

__________________ started a school for navigation to train sailors.

• Leif Erikson

• Christopher Columbus

• Prince Henry, the Navigator

• Ferdinand Magellan

_____________ believed the world was round so he could sail West to get to the Far East.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Leif Erikson

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernando de Soto

______________ died before his journey was complete but his expedition was first to sail around the world!

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• Hernando de Soto

_____________'s crew proved that sailing around the world was possible, but only at great cost.

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot

• Ferdinand Magellan

____________ was a Spanish conquistador, or conqueror, looking for gold.

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

• Hernando de Soto

• Prince Henry

____________ sailed near the Arctic Circle, but had no success at finding the Northwest Passage (since it didn't exist).

• Henry Hudson

• Hernando de Soto

• Ponce de Leon

• John Cabot

____________ was looking for the Northwest Passage, but instead claimed and mapped what is now New York for the Dutch.

• Henry Hudson

• Hernando de Soto

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

___________ explored the Mississippi River down to its mouth in Gulf of Mexico.

• Henry Hudson

• Robert LaSalle

• Christopher Columbus

• Prince Henry

____________ wanted to establish fur trade routes along the Mississippi River.

• Robert LaSalle

• Prince Henry

• Ferdinand Magellan

• John Cabot