Henry Hudson
When was Henry Hudson born?
A. Around 1436 and 1445
B. Around 1560 and 1570
C. Around 1790 and 1810
D. Around 2000 and 2020
B! He was born around 1560 and 1570.
What did Henry Hudson use to keep track of what he did on his Voyages?
A. 8-pocket folder
B. journal
C. map
B! He used a journal, he wrote in the journal. At that time reading and writing is very rare, so he had a very special gift.
What was the ship Henry Hudson use on his second voyage?
What is the Hopewell?
Henry Hudson, had 3 ships The Hopewell, and The Discovery, and what is the missing ship?
It's Halfmoon! The Halfmoon was the ship Henry Hudson used on his third voyage.
What passage was Henry Hudson in search of?
Northwest Passage
When did Henry Hudson die?
A. 1611
B. 1788
C. 1634
A! He died in 1611 because his crew members didn't have any confidence in him so they put him on a boat and sent him out to sea (which is called Mutiny).
On his first voyage, he went through 2 islands, the arctic circle, and 2 seas. Name 1 of the seas he sailed through.
The 2 seas he sailed on were the Norweigan sea and the Greenland sea.
What was the name of the company that Henry Hudson was working for?
What is the Muscovy Company?
When Henry Hudson was sailing along the northeastern part of America, he sailed right into a wide river close to what is now_____________.
New York!
The river he was on is called the Hudson River, he was hoping that the river would provide a passage west to the Pacific Ocean.
The man who sponsored Henry Hudson for his fourth voyage worked for what company?
A. Virginia company
B. Manchester United Company
C. Liverpool Fur Traders
A: He worked for the Virginia company and the English East India company.
What was Henry Hudson's favorite subject
A. math
B. science
C. oceanography
D. none of the above
D! There wasn't any information about his school or what his favorite subject was.
Henry Hudson had 3 ships during his famous voyages in search of the Northeast/Northwest Passages, The Half Moon, The Discovery, and the ____________.
The Hopewell was the ship Henry Hudson used for his first and second voyages.
No companies from England wanted to work with him so he sailed for a ______________company.
Dutch (Dutch East India Company)
What was the ship that Henry Hudson use for his fourth voyage?
What is The Discovery?
How many children did Henry Hudson have?
A. 1
B. 7
C. 3
D. None
C! He had 3 children named Richard, John, and Oliver. He also has a wife named Kathrine.
Henry Hudson made an important discovery that led to the beginning of ________________ in England.
Whale's Bay - the beginning of the British whaling industry.
Since he was working for the Muscovy Company, he was sent to explore the coast of Siberia(Russia), much further_________than any previously explorers.
Much further EAST than previously explored by other British, French or Dutch explorers.
Henry Hudson's third voyage was in the year________.
1609
What did Henry Hudson and his crew members do?
A. Sang happy songs to each other
B. Fought a lot
C. Shared cooking duties
B: They fought a lot...eventually the crew mutinied a set Hudson adrift in a small rowboat in Hudson Bay.
Henry Hudson was a ---------- sea explorer and navigator for the early 17th century(the 1600s).
He was an English sea explorer and navigator.
Henry Hudson wanted to go through Asia through the north pole, did he succeed or did he not?
He did not succeed. He believed in a theory that the long summers would melt the arctic ice enough that he could reach Asia by going north of Russia.
The Hopewell had some extra planks of wood on board. Why did Hudson do this?
Make repairs due to ice damage, ice/snow storms, icebergs, and flows.
What did Henry Hudson do for England to get maps for areas that the English did not have?
A. Be an explore
B. worked as a spy
C. Murderered a rival explorer
B: He was a spy.
During the mutiny, the crew members set Henry Hudson into the sea, did they put anyone else with him?
Yes, he was with his sons and others who were loyal to Hudson.