Spanish Explorers
S. Explorers Con.
European Explorers
E. Explorers & MM
Past Units
100

Ponce de Leon named florida for its what?

Flowers
100
The Spanish Explorers came to America looking for
Gold (oro) and other riches
100
Henry Hudson explored the Hudson river that runs along which city?
New York City
100
Mountain men hunted what animal to make hats for men?
Beaver
100
What is on the Canadian Flag?
Maple Leaf
200
Coronado was searching the American Southwest for the what?
Cities of Cibola
200

In the southwest the Spaniards built religious communities called what?

Missions
200
John Cabot explored for England but was born where?
Italy
200
Most European explorers were looking for a route to Asia called the what?
Northwest Passage
200
Canada is the ____ largest country
2nd
300
Who was the first explorer to see the Mississippi River?
De Soto
300
Who led the Pueblo Indians to fight against the Spanish explorers?
Pope
300
John Cabot found the area in Canada that is now what?
Newfoundland
300
A French word that means "gather"
Rendezvous
300
The Utes' story about how they came to exist is called Coyote and
The Stick People


400
Ponce De Leon was searching for the what?
Fountain of Youth
400
Which explorer was put in a tree trunk and buried in the Mississippi River?
De Soto


400
Champlain, a French explorer, set up a colony named what?
New France
400
Mountain Men hid their furs in a thing called a:
Cache
400
The triangular shaped landform found at the mouth of a river is called a:
Delta
500
Who was the first Spanish explorer to explore the lands that are now the United States (Florida)
Ponce de Leon
500
What is the oldest permanent European settlement in the United States?
St. Augustine
500
Champlain's colony grew into one of Canada's largest cities called:
Quebec
500
Champlain found three of the five bodies of water called the: 
Great Lakes
500
Name the 7 continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, Antarctica, North America, South America, Australia
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