Spain
What present-day state did Ponce de Leon name even though he mainly explored the coasts?
Florida
Cabot was from the same town and believed in the same route to Asia as what other very influential explorer?
Christopher Columbus
What mode of transportation did Robert La Salle use to navigate down the mighty Mississippi?
a canoe
Which explorer actually made it to Kansas in the Great Plains?
Name of a water passage through North America to Asia
What is (the) "Northwest Passage"?
What magical story led Ponce de Leon to explore North America?
the story of the Fountain of Youth
For what reason did Cabot sail north of Columbus's routes when he came to the New World?
He wanted to avoid land claimed by Spain
What major Canadian river did Jacques Cartier name after a Catholic feast day?
the Saint Lawrence River
Name the three Conquistadors discussed in your book after Columbus.
Ponce de Leon, Hernan Cortes, and Francisco Coronado
Who is Spain?
Which Spanish explorer was one of the first Europeans to see the Grand Canyon?
Coronado
Who first inspired European explorers to search for the famed, "Northwest Passage"?
John Cabot
After making it to the mouth of the Mississippi, what did La Salle name the entire area he had just explored?
Louisana
In total, how many voyages did Cartier make to North America?
3--on the first voyage, he explored the Gulf of St. Lawrence, but saw the river. On the second, he came back and explored the St. Lawrence River, and on the third, he tried to establish a settlement.
Person responsible for starting the "Age of Exploration" in the New World
Who is (Christopher) Columbus?
Name the present-day city that is built a atop the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire that Cortes defeated?
Mexico City
Which explorer gave the Netherlands their first land claim in the New World?
Henry Hudson
Besides the Mississippi River, what other river did Robert La Salle explore for the French?
In his first voyage to the New World, Cabot observed lots of forests on the Canadian coast. What else did he observe about his surroundings that he made sure to tell the people back in England?
That the waters were plentiful with fish!
Name of the Aztec chief who befriended Cortes but was later taken prisoner and killed
Who is Montezuma?
What are the three reasons that explain how Cortes was able to defeat the Aztec?
--uniting the enemies of the Aztec against them
--sickness / spreading diseases
What is John Cabot best known for?
Giving England its first land claim in the New World (or igniting the search for the Northwest Passage)
Which French king did La Salle name the region along the Mississsippi River Valley? (include the number!)
King Louis XIV
What major U.S. city can trace it's origins back to the first land claim for the Netherlands that Henry Hudson helped to accomplish?
New York City
the name of the Dutch (Netherlands) settlement in the New World
What is "New Netherland"?