Discovery Ed p3-5

Who explored islands in the Caribbean looking for gold?

• Hernando de Soto

• Ponce de León

• King Charles I

• Cape Canaveral

Where did Ponce de León land on the east coast of North America?

• Florida Keys

• Cape Canaveral

• Gulf of Mexico

• Puerto Rico

What did Ponce de León search for in Florida?

• Gold

• A magical spring

• Friendly natives

• Colonies

Which explorer attempted to establish a colony in Florida?

• Hernando de Soto

• Ponce de León

• King Charles I

• Cape Canaveral

Where did Hernando de Soto and his men travel to in their expedition?

• Georgia, Carolinas, Tennessee

• Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana

• Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas

• All of the above

Columbus obtained three ​ (a)   ships and set sail in the summer of ​ (b)   . He reached the ​ (c)   , and believed they were the islands of Japan. But Columbus had actually landed in the region that came to be called the New World.

• English
• Spanish
• 1492
• 1592
• Bahamas
• America

When he returned to Spain in 1493, Isabella named him ​ (a)   of the Ocean Sea and appointed him governor of the ​ (b)   in the West Indies.

Columbus made three more journeys to the West Indies.

• Admiral
• Captain
• settlements
• Indies

He sailed to the islands of Hispaniola. He was shipwrecked for a year on Jamaica, and even reached Panama. Today, Hispaniola they are these three locations.

• Dominican Republic, Haiti and Trinidad

• Haiti, Mexico and Dominican Republic

• Mainland, Dominican Republic, Trinidad

• Spain, Haiti, Dominican Republic

While exploring the Orinoco River in present-day ​ (a)   , Columbus unknowingly became the first European to set foot in ​ (b)   . However, he never found his way across the Isthmus of Panama, the narrow strip of land that separates the ​ (c)   Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

• Venezuela
• Mexico
• South America
• Central America
• Atlantic
• Indian

​ (a)   also joined the European race to find a trade route through the western sea. Under King ​ (b)   VII, a ship captained by explorer John Cabot searched for a ​ (c)   passage to India.

• England
• France
• Henry
• George
• northwest
• midwest