Explorers of the New World

Write the letter that represents the correct explorer next to each statement. Was the governor of Puerto Rico

• J = Juan Ponce de Leon

• C = Christopher Columbus

• F = Ferdinand Magellan

• V = Vasco da Gama

Write the letter that represents the correct explorer next to each statement. Claimed the Southwest region of the present-day United States for Spain

• F = Francisco Coronado

• H = Hernando de Soto

• P = Ponce de León

• C = Christopher Columbus

Write the letter that represents the correct explorer next to each statement. Snuck away from the Spanish army and took a group of men to Mexico

• H = Hernando Cortes

• C = Christopher Columbus

• F = Ferdinand Magellan

• V = Vasco da Gama

Write the letter that represents the correct explorer next to each statement. Went looking for the fountain of youth

• J = Juan Ponce de Leon

• C = Christopher Columbus

• M = Marco Polo

• V = Vasco da Gama

Write the letter that represents the correct explorer next to each statement. Believed he had arrived in Asia when he reached the Americas

• A = Ferdinand Magellan

• B = Vasco da Gama

• C = Christopher Columbus

• D = Amerigo Vespucci

Write the letter that represents the correct explorer next to each statement. Went looking for the Seven Golden Cities of Cibola

• F = Francisco Coronado

• H = Hernando de Soto

• J = Juan Ponce de León

• V = Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Write the letter that represents the correct explorer next to each statement. Captured and destroyed an Aztec city

• H = Hernando Cortes

• C = Christopher Columbus

• M = Marco Polo

• V = Vasco da Gama

Write the letter that represents the correct explorer next to each statement. Was the first Spanish explorer to arrive in the Americas

• A = Ferdinand Magellan

• B = Hernán Cortés

• C = Christopher Columbus

• D = Francisco Pizarro

Write the letter that represents the correct explorer next to each statement. Helped to end a Native American slave rebellion

• F = Francisco Coronado

• H = Hernando de Soto

• P = Ponce de Leon

• C = Christopher Columbus

Write the letter that represents the correct explorer next to each statement. Was part of an exhibition to explore present-day Cuba

• H = Hernando Cortes

• C = Christopher Columbus

• P = Ponce de Leon

• M = Magellan