Grab Bag
Spanish Explorers
English Explorers
French Explorers
100

What is the name of the navigational instrument that had a magnetic needle always pointing North that allowed sailors to check the direction they were sailing at all times?

compass
100

Name two Spanish explorers.

Christopher Columbus

Juan Ponce de Leon

Hernan Cortes

Francisco Vasques de Coronado

100

Name the 2 English explorers.

John Cabot & Henry Hudson

100

Name the two French explorers.

Jacques Cartier and Robert de La Salle

200

What do we call the exchange of ideas, goods, and services between the Old World and the New World?

Columbian Exchange

200

Name the explorer who tried finding the Fountain of Youth.

Juan Ponce de Leon

200

This explorer has a river and bay named for him.

Henry Hudson

200

This French explorer claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France.

Robert de La Salle

300

Name one instrument that explorers used that used the Sun and stars to help determine a position.

Astrolabe or Quadrant

300

Name the explorer who captured Montezuma and the Aztec Empire.

Hernan Cortes

300
Name the English explorer who explored the area of present-day Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay.

John Cabot

300

Jacques Cartier reached the mouth of this on a Catholic Feast Day.  What did he name the river?

St. Lawrence River

400

What was the term given to finding a shorter, faster route to Asia?

Northwest Passage


400

This explorer set out to find the 7 Cities of Gold, but found the Grand Canyon instead.

Francisco Vasques de Coronado

400

This explorer explored eastern Canada for year beginning in 1609.

Henry Hudson

400
Name the explorer who traveled the Mississippi River naming the land at the mouth of the river Louisiana, in honor of the French king.

Robert de La Salle

500

What is the name for a Spanish Explorer?

conquistador

500

Name 2 Spanish explorers who mistreated Native Americans.

Christopher Columbus

Hernan Cortes

Francisco Vasques de Coronado

Juan Ponce de Leon

500

Name the English explorer who claimed land for England.

John Cabot and Henry Hudson

500

Thanks to this explorer Quebec is the only French speaking province.

Jacques Cartier

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