European Explorers
Conquistador that conquered the Aztecs and Mexico.
Who was Hernan Cortes?
An English sea captain who was hired by the Netherlands. He discovered the Hudson Bay and Hudson River.
Who was Henry Hudson?
Even after bloody wars in Europe, France remained this religion.
What is Catholic?
The name of the area that Netherlands established in North America
What is New Netherlands?
The major religion of Spain.
What is Catholic?
The ships Columbus used to Sail to America for the first time.
What are the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?
Conquistador that conquered the Incas and Peru.
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
Sailed for Spain and Portugal. He explored a lot of South America including the Amazon, Rio De Janeiro, and Rio De Le Plata.
Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
Jacques Cartier was the first European to navigate this river that is in Canada.
What is the St Lawrence River?
The current day area where Netherlands settlement was founded.
What is New York?
Francisco Vasquez Coronado was the first European explorer to discover this famous landmark.
What is the Grand Canyon?
This group of Natives inhabited the Caribbean Islands when Columbus landed there.
Who were the Tainos?
Explorer who created the colony of Quebec and called the area he explored that was located between the St Lawrence River and the Great Lakes, New France.
Who was Samuel Champlain?
This French explorer sailed through the Ohio River and all the way down the Mississippi River, claiming all the land for France.
Who was Robert De La Salle?
This trade was the main money-making economy for the French in North America.
What is fur trade?
The Netherlands settlement in America would be best described as this.
What is diverse?
The two very famous Native American groups that Spanish Conquistadors conquered.
Who are the Aztecs and the Incas?
The island that Christopher Columbus colonized and forced Natives into labor on.
What is Hispaniola?
Spanish explorer who was the first European to sail through the Mississippi River and explored Florida, Georgia, and Alabama as well.
Who was Hernando De Soto?
Sailed for England and found areas such as Canada, New Foundland, and Maine. Also indirectly began the transatlantic trade.
Who was John Cabot?
This territory was claimed by Robert De La Salle for France and basically gave them the center of North America.
What is Louisiana?
Along with the Hudson River, Hudson Straight, and Hudson Bay, Henry Hudson also discovered this body of water.
What is New York Harbor?
Name three areas of the New World Spain had conquered.
Caribbean Islands, Mexico, Peru, California, Florida, Arizona, New Mexico, Central America, and many sections of western South America
The king and queen of Spain who funded Columbus' journey to the Americas.
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
Which person signed their name the largest on the Declaration of Independence so that "Fat George could see it without his reading glasses" ?
John Hancock
The first French explorer to explore Canada and is credited with giving Canada its name.
Who was Jacques Cartier?
This English explorer was responsible for establishing a colony on Roanoke Island in the Americas.
Who was John White?
This was the first settlement made by Samuel Champlain in Canada.
What is Quebec?
The two settlements that were placed on the Hudson River by the Netherlands.
What are Fort Orange and New Amsterdam?
What the Spanish did after tearing down temples in Mexico.
What is built huge Catholic Churches?
The specific city and country Columbus was born.
Where is Genoa, Italy?
What was the name of the Aztec Emperor that was killed by Hernan Cortes?
Emperor Montezuma