Grab Bag
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
Name two Spanish explorers.
Christopher Columbus
Juan Ponce de Leon
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Vasques de Coronado
Name the 2 English explorers.
John Cabot & Henry Hudson
Name the two French explorers.
Jacques Cartier and Robert de La Salle
What do we call the exchange of ideas, goods, and services between the Old World and the New World?
Columbian Exchange
Name the explorer who tried finding the Fountain of Youth.
Juan Ponce de Leon
This explorer has a river and bay named for him.
Henry Hudson
These explorers explored the Mississippi River Valley for France and proved that the river led into the Gulf of Mexico.
Marquette and Joliet
Name one instrument that explorers used that used the Sun and stars to help determine a position.
Astrolabe or Quadrant
Name the explorer who captured Montezuma and the Aztec Empire.
Hernan Cortes
John Cabot
This explorer explored the St. Lawrence River.
Jacques Cartier
What was the term given to finding a shorter, faster route to Asia by sailing west?
Northwest Passage
This explorer set out to find the 7 Cities of Gold, but found the Grand Canyon instead.
Francisco Vasques de Coronado
This explorer explored eastern Canada for year beginning in 1609.
Henry Hudson
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
What is the name for a Spanish Explorer?
conquistador
This explorer has a crater on the moon named after him.
Vasco Da Gama
Name the first European since the Vikings to land on the mainland of North America.
John Cabot
He started the first permanent French Colony in the New World at Quebec.
Samuel de Champlain