Rivers
What river did Henry Hudson sail up?
What is The Hudson River
Vasco Nunez de Balboa was the first to see this large body of water, from Panama.
What is the Pacific Ocean
What country did John Cabot sail for?
What is England
Which explorer helped France get rich with the fur trade?
Who is Jacques Cartier
Why did explorers have no maps?
No one had explored that territory before.
What river did Hernando de Soto discover?
What is The Mississippi River
What country did Jacques Cartier sail for?
What is France
Name the 3 states that Hernando de Soto explored.
What are Georgia, Alabama, and Florida.
The 1st European country to sail to for the New World during the Age of Exploration.
What is Portugal
What present day country in Central America did Vasco Nunez de Balboa sail to?
What is Panama
What European explorer is famous for exploring the Chesapeake Bay?
What present day state did Juan Ponce de Leon name?
What is Florida
Why was Henry Hudson sent adrift in a small boat during his exploration?
His crew rebelled against him because he was making them work in the cold.
Name 3 reasons explored explored.
What are gold, god, and glory
Name the 2 things that Juan Ponce de Leon was looking for.
What are the "New World" and what became Cuba.
What river did Jacques Cartier discover and travel?
What is the St. Lawrence River in Canada.
The explorer who found rich fishing areas in North America and Canada.
Who is John Cabot
Name the four explorers that sailed for Spain.
Who are Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Juan Ponce de Leon, Christopher Columbus, and Hernando de Soto.
The last European country to get into the race to claim land in the New World.
What is Britain (England)
What was Hernando de Soto searching for?
What is gold and a passage to China or the Pacific Coast
Why would uncharted waters be an obstacle for the explorers?
The water had never been sailed before, making it unknown and dangerous.
Why were Native Americans upset with the explorers?
The explorers were taking the Native Americans' land.
Where did Columbus really land when he thought he was in Asia?
Where is the Caribbean
In the Americas, some expeditions became rich because Spanish conquistadors discovered ____________ and ____________.
What are gold and silver
Henry the Navigator sent out ships to map and explore what continent.
What is (the west Coast of) Africa