Spanish Explorers
What is another name for a Spanish Explorer.
Conquistador
Name 2 French Explorers.
Name an English explorer who was looking for the Northwest Passage.
Cabot and Hudson
What are the three g's of exploration? (think motives)
God, gold and Glory
Name the explorer who began the Age of Exploration in 1492.
Columbus
Name a French Explorer who claimed land for France.
La Salle or Cartier
Name the English Explorer who has a river and a bay named after him.
Henry Hudson
What do we call the exchange of goods and ideas between the Old World and the New World?
the Columbian Exchange
Name the explorer who searched Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth.
Name the French explorer who explored the area around the Mississippi River and the Mississippi River Valley.
La Salle
This English explorer sailed to the New World in 1609 and had his crew rebel against him.
Hudson
What is the name of the faster sea route from Europe to Asia through the Americas?
the Northwest Passage
Name the explorer who conquered the Aztecs of Mexico.
Cortes
This French explorer claimed land in the New World and named is Louisiana in honor of the French king.
La Salle
Name an English Explorer who claimed land in the New World for England.
Cabot or Hudson
Name a navigational instrument that used the stars to determine a ships position while at sea.
Quadrant or Astrolabe
This Spanish explorer was searching for Cibola- the 7 Cities of Gold.
Coronado
This French explorer established a settlement known as New France.
Cartier
Name the English explorer who explored the area around Chesapeake Bay.
Cabot
Name three explorers who mistreated Native Americans.
Coronado, Columbus, Ponce de Leon, and Cortes