Explorers
Discovered America in 1492
Christopher Columbus
First to make friends with the Indians
France
Where was Columbus trying to reach
Asia
largest continent
Asia
English captains who raided Spanish ships
"sea dogs"
First discovered the Grand Canyon
Francisco de Coronado
first named New France
France
Hemisphere where North America is located
Western
largest ocean
Pacific Ocean
Who was the most Famous "Sea Dog"
Sir Francis Drake
Sailed around Africa to get to India
Vasco do Gama
gave Columbus money for his journey
Spain
Land surrounded by water on 3 sides
peninsula
number of continents
7
Who called America a "New World"
Amerigo Vespucci
Merchant who visited China and described its riches to Europe
Marco Polo
Had claims to the New World (3)
England, France, Spain
Where was the first Spanish settlement
St Augustine
What was discovered by Coronado in Arizona
Grand Canyon
Who discovered the Pacific Ocean and called it the Great South Sea
Balboa
Established first French settlement in the New World
Samuel de Champlain
The Columbus first landed
San Salvador
What did De Soto discover
Mississippi River
Jacques Cartier discovered
a waterway through North America to Pacific Ocean Amazon River
Who discovered Florida
Ponce de Leon