European Explorers

Which of these men was NOT an explorer?

• John Cabot

• Juan Ponce De Leon

• Henry Hudson

• Hernan Colorado

This explorer's voyage was funded by merchants and he voyaged to present-day Canada

• John Cabot

• Christopher Colombus

• Juan Ponce De Leon

• Robert de La Salle

The European Explorers in the 1400 and 1500s were looking for all of the following EXCEPT

• gold

• Egyptian pyramids

• India

• Land for their country

Which route did Franciso Vasquez de Coronado follow?

• Up the Hudson River

• Cuba to Mexico City

• Mexico to the American Southwest including New Mexico and Kansas

• Cuba to Florida

Besides land, what was Francisco Vasquez de Coronado looking for

• Glory and horses

• Wealth and the Fountain of Youth

• The Aztec capital and a cure to diseases

• Glory and wealth

What was Ponce De Leon looking for?

• The Seven Cities of Gold

• Trees with golden bells

• Magic traders to trade fur for glass beads

• The Fountain of Youth

The European Explorers did all of the following EXCEPT

• Spread disease and claim land for their country

• Spread their religions and take Native Americans as slaves

• Claimed Aztec land and spread smallpox

• Found a quick way to Asia and discovered the Seven cities of Gold

Which explorer had a river and a bay named after him, but was still left out in a boat with his son and was never seen again?

• Cabot

• Coronado

• Hudson

• Columbus

Who is credited with claiming the Mississippi Valley Region?

• Robert de La Salle

• Christopher Colombus

• Henry Hudson

• Ponce de Leon

What was Jacques Cartier looking for

• The Northwest Passage to China

• A way to get to Antarctia more quickly

• Someone to teach him the language of the Native Americans

• New plants and medicines to cure diseases